Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlemen from Mississippi. I am going to miss Sonny Montgomery, with that great smile that illuminated this House and all of our lives. Ladies and gentlemen, this defense bill passed the committee by a vote of 60-1. It did that because we listened. My great partner on the committee, Ike Skelton, and I and all of our subcommittee chairmen and ranking members listened to all of the members, worked all of the issues that connect your constituents with you, with all of our troops around the world. This is our connection, this defense bill, that provides for the policies that run their lives while they are in the military, that provide for the quality of life for their families back home, that provides for the tools that they need to undertake this dangerous mission in this war against terror. This is your connection. And let me tell you, the theme of the bill this year was troop protection. And to those ends, we moved over $100 million into new jammer capability for IEDs, lots of money, lots of additional money for armored platforms, lots of new technology for body armor for our soldiers, our sailors, our airmen, our Marines. At the same time, for our National Guardsmen, we completed this transition, even when they are not mobilized, for TRICARE, for our health care program. We did great things.…”