Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I did bring my own chart. It was not prepared at great expense by the Department of Defense. It is a little smaller, but there is a point to be made here. Are we going to overwhelm our enemies with wasteful spending and big charts? Are we going to overwhelm them by being the leanest and meanest military in the world? Here is the opposition down here. The question is: Should the United States spend 10 times more than all of its potential enemies combined without any allies? Should we spend 15 times? How much is enough to overwhelm our potential foes? Here is the United States spending; here is our allies. Add these two up. That is 20 times more than the potential of all the bad guys that the Pentagon can identify. The Frank amendment is so modest, Mr. Chairman, it is amazing that the fiscal conservatives around here cannot see through the smokescreen that is coming out of the Pentagon. We are talking about $2.4 billion out of a $260 billion-plus budget.”