Political Quotes

“Does the minority leader wish to speak? I will yield to him if he does. No. Mr. President, I am going to respond very briefly. This argument is so upside-down. If during the last 10 years we had successfully prosecuted terrorists--300 of them--in military commissions and only 3 in our criminal courts, then all of their arguments would make sense because you would have to argue that is the best place to go, that is where you can investigate and prosecute and successfully incarcerate those accused of terrorism. Exactly the opposite is true. President Bush and President Obama, given the authority to choose a forum to try a suspected terrorist, have overwhelmingly and successfully chosen the article III criminal courts of America. Here is the score. They don't like to hear me say this, but I am going to give them the score again. It is important to know. Since 9/11, we are told by the Department of Justice, as many as 300 suspected terrorists have been successfully prosecuted in our criminal courts and 3 before military commissions, 2 of whom--before the military commissions--were released within a year to return to their home countries of Australia and Yemen. When you look at where terrorists are in jail in America today, you will find 300 to 1 they were terrorists who were prosecuted in our criminal courts.…”