Political Quotes

“I know that my son would like to remind the gentleman that it was a Marine pilot who rescued you when you went down. But there is another point to American air power, and I think American air power in the future, and that is something that one of our real giants, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde), brought up, along with the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos), was this provision that we just passed, that just passed the House in his amendment to his bill, which gives the President leverage against Western countries, European countries, our allies who would sell military technology to China. Because there is a possibility that at some point in the future we may be in a conflict with China, and I think it would be a terrible thing if we saw any type of technology that gives them the ability to acquire American aircraft on a radar screen or to launch weaponry or munitions at that aircraft, or to have in their own aircraft, I would hate to see American stealth capability and technology.”