Political Quotes

“I am advised now that this fiscal 1995 budget is the tenth consecutive year of real cuts in defense spending and that we are approximately 35, as much as 40 percent below the level of spending in real dollars than we were in the 1986 budgets in the last several years of President Reagan's term in office. What is very interesting is I am advised under the Bush administration that cuts proposed resulted in cuts of personnel of approximately 600,000, meaning not only cuts in the military but lost jobs in the defense sector, about 600,000, and that when we consider the current cuts proposed in the current administration's budget that could be 1.2 million jobs in this country. You know, jobs are important, not only because of the fact that they give productive employment to our citizens, but they also represent some of the highest paying jobs in this country. But even going beyond that, this is about much more than jobs; it is about making sure that we have a strong national defense and that we are applying the resources that we need to meet the crises that we may be asked to confront.”