Political Quotes

“Not now. The thing is, we have to understand what this is about. We have to understand this is about a temporary halting of buying weapons. People say: Well, if we don't give them planes, we don't pay them to buy our planes, they will think we don't like them. They will go to war with Israel and everything will be so much worse. They have hundreds of F-16s. They have thousands of tanks. I am precisely worried about them using them against Israel when there is chaos and blood running in the streets, when there are millions of people protesting. Do you think it is a good time to send more weapons? Do you think it is a good time to send more weapons when millions of people are in the streets? What happens if these weapons are used against Israel? The canard of bringing the letter--it always happens. Someone brings in a letter. I have spoken to many people who love, respect, and have a great deal of admiration for Israel. I admire our relationship and alliance and am very proud of the fact that we stand together on so many issues. To bring it up and say the people who are against this don't care about Israel is just a canard. I think this precisely--continuing to arm an unstable government in Egypt--could well be to Israel's harm. This is precisely why I bring this amendment forward.…”