Political Quotes

“reserving the right to object, I am a member of the Defense Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee. As the Senator from North Carolina knows, the way that we do Defense appropriations is with great care. We have markups. We find out what each service branch needs in terms of personnel, in terms of bases and installation, in terms of new acquisitions, and that process takes a fair amount of time. That markup is not done. I would love to move on Defense appropriations, but from the standpoint of responsibly spending hundreds of billions of dollars, we are not there yet, and so, therefore, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.”