Political Quotes

“Madam President, we shouldn't be here giving speeches about the National Defense Authorization Act. We should be here on the Senate floor voting on the National Defense Authorization Act. Once again, as he has done year after year since I have been here, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is refusing to advance this critical bill to set the policy and funding levels for America's Armed Forces. Washington's failure to move legislation forward is always frustrating, but the majority leader's refusal to act on the NDAA, a bill which passed with strong bipartisan support out of the Armed Services Committee more than a month ago, is more than frustrating; it is actually dangerous. Every single day, our enemies--communist China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea--are actively working with one single goal in mind: to dominate the world stage by destroying the American way of life. And without some of the good policy in the NDAA we passed out of committee a month ago becoming law, communist China has tools at its disposal to do great harm to our country. Our country has fallen into a trap of dependence on our enemies--like communist China--for everything from drugs to food, and we have got to stop that today. When the Senate fails to quickly advance the NDAA, as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has done year after year, it sends a strong message to our enemies that military strength and cutting dependence on our enemies is not a priority for the U.S. Congress.…”