Political Quotes

“nuclear terrorism is a serious threat to our Nation and our families, but this Congress is not acting like it. Inexplicably, in the waning hours of this session of Congress, we will have spent less on nuclear nonproliferation this year than we did last year. Considering the consequences of September 11, considering all that we have learned in recent weeks since then about even al Qaeda trying to get its hands on nuclear materials which could, in effect, kill millions of American citizens in one nuclear incident, I just cannot understand how we can go back home to our constituents and say we should be spending less to protect them from the potential holocaust of nuclear terrorists. President Bush recently said that preventing nuclear terrorism should be a top national priority. I agree. The President is right. I think today it is time we start following through on that belief. We have had enough rhetoric about dealing with nuclear terrorists. Tonight, in this Obey motion, we need to actually take concrete action to prevent it.”