John Rice Carter: “I agree completely with what my friend Judge Gohmert had to say. You have given a very good history of what has been the…”

“I agree completely with what my friend Judge Gohmert had to say. You have given a very good history of what has been the history of the Democrat Party when they were in the majority or where they were in control of the White House. They have a history of cutting and providing less than the necessary supplies for our military. In fact, one of the great brags that Al Gore used to say is that he reduced the number of employees in the Federal Government by this huge amount. But if you looked at where they came from, they were United States soldiers. Members of the military made up the vast majority of the numbers of reducing the size of government that were taken credit for during the Clinton administration. They cut our Army down from multidivisions, down to where it is now. But you know what? That is all water under the bridge. You had mentioned something that is very important to me: We took an oath. We took an oath, and our colleague from Texas (Mr. Neugebauer) got asked a question by one of his folks back home: Why do you feel so that you are doing the right thing by providing for these guys that are fighting over in Iraq? He said, You know, it is easy to criticize. But when you become responsible, then you have really got to look at it. And he said, I am by my oath responsible to the American public to provide for the common defense. It as a perfect answer.”