Political Quotes

“I just want to commend our leader from Illinois for bringing up what is so critically important, which is the entire budget of the country. It is important that we get it right in supporting the authorization in front of us. I understand the defense of our country is much more than just the Department of Defense. As a border State in Michigan, border security, which is not in the Defense appropriations bill, is incredibly important, as is cyber security, which we are hearing more and more about; the frontline of our men and women, the first responders, police officers, firefighters--who do we think actually answers the call in a community when there is some kind of local challenge or a terrorist attack; airport security--I could go on and on. These are all things that are not in the appropriations bill for the Department of Defense. Unfortunately, without a bipartisan agreement to continue what was a very positive 2-year agreement put together that has been called the Ryan-Murray agreement to be able to balance out all the security needs as well as the economic security needs of our country--without that, it is a mistake to begin the appropriations process one bill at a time.…”