Political Quotes

“I wish to join with my colleague and say that Republicans unanimously supported this bill that provides appropriations for our veterans and for our military construction needs unanimously in the subcommittee. Our Republican members unanimously supported this bill in the full committee, and the reason why is because this bill is marked to the House budget. This bill cuts spending on the budget authority discretionary side about $1.2 billion below the President's request. The bill also cuts spending $620 million below last year's level, and it even comes in $2.6 million below Chairman Culberson's bill that passed the House of Representatives under their very strict budget guidelines. I will note that we came together on a bipartisan basis in the Senate to bring up this very first of the appropriations bills, and the cloture motion to move forward to bring this bill to the floor passed by a vote of 71 to 26, with Leader McConnell and our vice chairman, the lead Republican on the committee, Mr. Cochran, supporting that. This bill has been endorsed by AMVETS, the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Paralyzed Veterans of America, and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.…”