Political Quotes

“I will be brief because no words can adequately express the debt of gratitude we owe our servicemen and women and their families for the sacrifices they make on behalf of our country. But I do want to commend the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter) and the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton) for sponsoring this important resolution showing our deep respect for our servicemen and women. I would add one footnote. I hope we will show them our respect with our deeds and not just with our words and vote on this resolution. I am still bothered by the fact that the budget proposal suggests a cut in Impact Aid military education funding to the children of moms and dads who, as we speak, from my district and others, are being deployed over to the Iraqi theater. With the leadership of these two great supporters of our military families and others on both sides of the aisle, I hope we will support them with this vote today and with our dollars and with our votes on actions that support their quality of life.”