Political Quotes

“Madam President, first of all, let me say to my friend from West Virginia--I happen to serve on that subcommittee and I was in the hearing the other day when he asked a question of General Dempsey, a very appropriate question. We thought a very strong answer was going to be given by Senator Dempsey to the question of the Senator from West Virginia regarding weapons systems and other expenditures that are mandated by Congress that the chiefs and other folks at the Pentagon have said they don't need. As he and I were just discussing, we finally got that letter yesterday, and it was somewhat of a very tepid response rather than the strong response we had hoped for. In any event, the Senator from West Virginia, along with Senator Coburn and myself, are going to work together to develop a list of expenditures that are either unwanted by the Pentagon that Congress has mandated or expenditures that ought to be spent in some other agency but, unfortunately, are being charged to the Pentagon. So I look forward to working with the chairman on that issue, and I thank him and Senator Wicker for their leadership on the subcommittee. I rise principally today in support of the Ayotte-Chambliss-Inhofe amendment No. 2255, which would restore many of the legislative limits and requirements Congress has placed in recent years on the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees and prevent medical-related transfers to the United States.…”