Political Quotes

“Senator Vance, this appropriations bill that is before us, I just want to make sure that I have my facts right. I believe that there are $35 billion to restore U.S. military readiness and modernization. I also believe--and, please, correct me if I am wrong-- that for every dollar we are sending to Ukraine, we are appropriating about $2.50 to make sure that we backfill and cover--there are a lot of bad, unintended consequences to this conflict. One of the good ones is learning, before we have to defend ourselves, that we are grievously out of step with manufacturing capacity. And it is my understanding that $35 billion, about half of the money that is being appropriated to Ukraine, is actually being appropriated back to the industrial base and for Patriot missile manufacturing, a number of other vulnerabilities that we have found, we are trying to address it. Do I have a correct understanding of that?”