Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to start with my support of the comments of the Senator from Oregon. We need to get a highway bill done this week, and I look forward to working with him, particularly on a long-term plan with some of the concepts he has put forward. We need it for our infrastructure across this great Nation. Again, I look forward to working with the Senator in that endeavor and express my thanks. I rise to speak on the issue of Ukraine and the need to address that situation and address it with a long-term strategy. Last week Russian separatists shot down a Malaysian airliner with 298 souls on board. Innocent people were killed because Russia wants to control Ukraine--if not all of Ukraine, certainly Eastern Ukraine. The Obama administration is struggling to respond. President Obama talks about the need for Vladimir Putin and Russia to be accountable. Meanwhile, Russia continues to deny what is going on. Putin continues to arm Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine, separatists led by Russian special forces, military operatives armed and directed by Moscow. We need to respond. Our country needs to respond, and we need to respond with a long-term strategy and not just talk and not a short- term strategy, and that is something we can do. We can respond, and we need to respond with a long-term strategy. We can lead with strong sanctions against Russia--sanctions that would truly affect the banking sector and other sectors of their economy in a meaningful way.…”