Political Quotes

“Thank you. That is exactly what I am talking about. I thank my colleague for pointing that out. And as we have said, your words were that this is a national security issue and it is imperative that we deal with it. The majority leader's words, we are talking about the threats to our oil supply and our energy supply, whether it was from Venezuela, whether it was from the Middle East or other parts of the world. We significantly enhance and increase our vulnerability on an energy standpoint when we let the tools of the intelligence community erode and when we no longer have good insight into what radical jihadists may be doing in Pakistan or what they may be doing in the Middle East or what they may be doing in South America when specifically these are the home bases of radical jihadists. You also have to take a look specifically at radical jihadists and take a look at where they are saying they want to act. They want to destabilize many of the governments that provide us with the oil and energy supplies that this country is so dependent on.”