Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, we are in this amendment proposing to kill what could be the centerpiece of a certain deterrent capability that is important to us. We want to send a message to anybody who would strike America, whether on a conventional battlefield or in a terrorist manner, we want them to know that we will hunt them down and find them and, if necessary, dig them out, wherever we have to. That means no safe havens. One way you ensure that there are no safe havens is to be able to go deep. Unless we do a lot more research and development and we find some quantum breakthrough in conventional systems, to go deep is going to require a nuclear capability. That is a good message to send to people who would hurt this country, because if you look at the array of fixtures that are going to be buried by potential adversaries, you see several things. You see their command and control; you see their development of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons; and, most importantly, you see the people themselves who ordered the strike on the United States. That is where leadership goes. Leadership, in terms of our potential adversaries, will go deep. They will go as far underground as they possibly can go. They need to know there is no safe haven. That requires that we vote ``no'' on this amendment.”