Political Quotes

“I am looking at the picture behind the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Mrs. Wilson) of the G.I. with the baby. Before this campaign is over, we will have passed out lots of vitamins; given lots of inoculations; lots of milk, probably in powdered form; and lots of food for the people of Iraq. They are going to know the friendship of the American people. That takes us back to our contribution as Members of Congress. What we can do now is get our folks in uniform the tools they need to get the job done. I looked at the supplemental appropriations bill coming up and the $62 billion for DOD, for the Armed Forces. We have to replenish that ammunition, those spare parts, all those things. I looked at that fairly carefully and looked at what the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis), our chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations, has done; and what the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), the chairman of the full committee, and all the members have done, Democrat and Republican. They have put in a good supply of what it is going to take to get the job done. Of course, along with that there is going to be lots of humanitarian aid. There is going to be, after this operation, water systems to maintain, transportation systems to maintain. We are going to have to be able to keep the wheels turning and get this country with a new birth of freedom rolling again. Of course, that will be the Americans. I am reminded, somebody said, war is terrible.”