Tina Smith: “before my friend Senator Biden leaves the floor, I tell him that I think he is on the wrong side of short-term politics…”

“before my friend Senator Biden leaves the floor, I tell him that I think he is on the wrong side of short-term politics, but he is on the right side of history to support the President's request for $87 billion. He has made many points where the administration could have done this or that better. Some of them are valid. I think it is important that we remind ourselves what this is really all about. What are the bigger issues at play here? I have believed throughout my life as a child of the cold war that American foreign policy is something to be proud of. Born in the early 1950s, I remember the nuclear bomb drills, where we would get under our desks and practice how to survive a nuclear bomb. I remember great leaders such as Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, and then Reagan, standing up for the principles of the American Constitution at home and abroad. I ask myself, what are the values of the American foreign policy? I believe they are the spread of democracy. I believe they are the defense of human rights. I believe they are the expansion of prosperity and engaging in trade. The world doesn't need to fear the United States of America as long as those values are intact. I believe they are very much intact.”