Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I was so furious, but not surprised, when I saw the Bloomberg News report that the Biden administration is now considering draining $200 million out of Army reserves to send more money to Ukraine. The move would target reserve funds that this House has authorized and appropriated for this particular purpose, a purpose that is worthy, certainly more worthy than continuing involvement in the conflict in Ukraine that could lead to a tragic escalatory accident. I can't even believe this is a controversial view to take on this floor, but I believe that the U.S. Army reserves should actually be for the U.S. Army. By the way, it is not as if we don't have needs for our Army. How about the families of our soldiers? Right now, childcare is a real problem. We have Army soldiers who are driving 1\1/2\ hours or more each way just to drop off their kids at childcare. We could invest that money in our military families. Mr. Speaker, I could take you to the Army town of Crestview, Florida, in my district, where the school counselors are still helping Army families deal with the lingering effects of deployment after deployment after deployment. They could use more resources. They tell me: Congressman, if we had more resources for these Army families, they could improve quality of life and improve mental health. Not for nothing, but the Army was taking a leading role in hypersonics for our country. We have fallen behind China.…”