Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today the Senate had an opportunity to act and pass important legislation that will continue to address the crisis of veteran suicide. The numbers have been talked about. We are losing 22 servicemembers--veterans--each and every day across this country. Thousands of men and women each year are dying by suicide. If we were losing 22 of our servicemembers on the battlefield each and every day, the citizens of this country would be up in arms. The Members of Congress would be up in arms. We would be taking action to ensure that we were doing something about it. I recall when this body did take action, I was in Iraq, in Kuwait, getting ready to go across the border. There was the Secretary of Defense at that time who came over for a townhall meeting, and we talked about how poor the equipment was that our Reserve component members were being given to go across the border from Kuwait to Iraq. Shortly after that time, the Reserve component started to receive up-armored Humvees. The action this body took made a difference. Once the Reserve components started to receive up-armored Humvees--the same type of Humvee our Active-Duty counterparts are receiving--it did make a difference. This body has an opportunity to take action.…”