Political Quotes

“when we look at the advances of a hostile world out there, we begin to understand that if America does not prepare for what threats might develop in the future, that we may well find ourselves underprepared and not ready for those threats when they occur. That would be a disaster. We owe it to our troops, we owe it to our people to be secure. As this chart shows, Mr. Chairman, we actually, with the current proposed spending, after we take off medical spending and the pay raise that has been built into the system, we are actually going down under last year. When the Joint Chiefs have said we actually need an extra $15 billion in weapons modernization, we are not giving them the $15 billion in weapons modernization. We are not even keeping even with where we were last year. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would cut us by an additional $2 billion. That is unwise, it cuts our seed corn so that we cannot sow seeds for the future and be prepared. It will leave us ill prepared to meet the threats of the 21st century, and I urge the defeat of this amendment.”