Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 19, 2025
Congress is not going to cut our military by 40%.
Said by
Don Bacon
Republican · Nebraska

Editor's note · Context

Bacon opposes proposed military budget cuts, emphasizing Congress's stance.

Share & report

More from Don Bacon

Mar 24, 2025

I think the most accountable, or the most guilty person is the secretary of defense because he put in all the highly classified information.

cnn.com
Feb 27, 2025

A bad day for America’s foreign policy.

nbcnews.com
May 7, 2025

We’re the United States of America. We’re not Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany or Napoleon’s France. I just — we’re better than this. It just sounds like a sophomore thing to do.

msnbc.com
Mar 9, 2025

We are the leader of the free world, but right now, many countries are questioning, are we still the leader of the free world? We may be the most powerful country in the world, we were the leader of the free world, but it appears to many leaders and people all over, to include Republicans in Nebraska, that this administration is walking away from that legacy that was built by Ike Eisenhower and all these presidents and really a capstone of Ronald Reagan, peace through strength, and building these close alliances. And we are undermining that legacy right now.

transcripts.cnn.com

Other voices in this conversation