Ed Markey: “I yield myself the remainder of my time. We're $15 trillion in debt--$15 trillion. We've got all the bombers we need.…”

“I yield myself the remainder of my time. We're $15 trillion in debt--$15 trillion. We've got all the bombers we need. They can last to 2060. We don't need a new nuclear bomber. Okay? We just don't need a new nuclear bomber. We don't have the targets for them, we can't afford them, and we don't need them. How's that for a combination? Let's just cut back on something on this defense budget. Does it have to be the entire wish list of every single defense contractor in the United States, regardless of whether or not it relates to the military needs of our country? And by the way, 30 or 40 years from now, $18 billion. We can postpone it 10 years, still have the brandnew planes ready to go in 2050 and 2060. We should be saving money for this generation right now, not just passing it on for the next generation. I urge an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.”