Political Quotes

“There are some problems that we should not wait to address, and I can think of few more important than the potential threat of nuclear terrorism exercised against major American cities. It is frightening when one realizes the reality that a Coke can-size full of highly enriched uranium, put into a bomb, placed into one of 11 million ship containers that end up in major U.S. ports, God forbid if that were to happen and that bomb to be exploded in a major American port, 2 to 3 million American citizens could be killed instantly. Surely, surely, we would all agree in this House that we should do everything we can humanly do to prevent that sort of catastrophe from happening. Perhaps that is why President Bush has said protecting our homeland against nuclear terrorism should be of the highest national priority. I think the Obey amendment does something about that potential threat of nuclear terrorism.”