Political Quotes

“I want to thank Congresswoman Roby for holding this important leadership hour. I rise today to speak on some important issues facing our military as well as some provisions within the National Defense Authorization Act. Here is the bottom line: Our national debt, which is approaching $16 trillion--or $50,000 for every person in this country--is a national security threat and we must find ways to bring our spending under control. This House has acted to change the debate from how much can Washington spend to how much spending can we cut? We've led by example and cut our own office budgets by almost 12 percent. With the belief that more common sense in Washington can lead to uncommon savings for the taxpayer we have taken a government wide approach to cutting spending The House has also stressed efficiencies when it passed a bill by my colleague Allen West that would cut the Department of Defense's printing budget by 10 percent. However, placing our warfighters at risk is not the solution to our debt problem. There are proposals out there to make deep cuts to the Department of Defense that would only create dangerous consequences for the stability of our fighting forces. One proposal would reduce Department of Defense civilian employee levels beyond what our organic industrial base can handle. As a member who represents a vital part of our organic base, the Rock Island Arsenal, these proposals strongly concern me.…”