Ed Markey: “I am only using the Bush administration numbers that there would be $35 billion that would need to be spent in order to…”

“I am only using the Bush administration numbers that there would be $35 billion that would need to be spent in order to finish this project, and additional tens of billions of dollars if an alternative Brilliant Pebbles project was adopted as well. We are only using the Republican administration numbers in this debate. The only question we have now is whether or not, given our success in basically destroying the Soviet Union, there is an identifiable enemy in the world that can justify this kind of expenditure. I would argue not, given the other tremendous pressures on our military and on our civilian budget that is going to become more evident as this unfolds.”