Political Quotes

“I am a defense hawk, and I believe national defense should be a nonpartisan issue. Even though defense should be a nonpartisan issue, I am disappointed that the Republican rule has resulted in 204 Democrats only having 15 minutes to present our side on the issue of star wars, a multibillion-dollar defense program. I think that is unfair, and I think it is wrong. But the good news is, Mr. Chairman, that some programs and some ideas are so bad, they should not take that long to defeat, and star wars is right at the top of that list. My amendment does not stop a ground-based missile defense system to protect the United States. It does not even stop space based sensors. All my amendment does is say no to the deployment of a space-based missile system known as star wars. Mr. Chairman, the fact is that our military leaders in this Nation do not even want star wars, and our taxpayers cannot afford it. American taxpayers have already spent $30 billion on this pie-in-the-sky boondoggle, and we do not even have one brilliant pebble to show for it.”