Political Quotes

“The military is indeed a unique organization, and that such restrictions, such policies can indeed go forward. I would just like to say, in wrapping up, a couple of important statistics that I think should be mentioned, and that is that 60 to 67 percent of Army and Marine combat members said that this would be a major disruption if this were implemented. Seventeen percent of the spouses said they would urge their active duty member to get out. And that certainly negates the argument that somehow we would not lose too many soldiers in this. So I urge my colleagues today to vote against this. {time} 1610 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will note that the gentleman from California has 9 minutes remaining; the gentlewoman from California has 13\1/4\ minutes remaining.”