Political Quotes

“I saw the pictures of this very young man who I knew as a boy, as an athlete. I am glad he is home. The Presiding Officer proudly wears his marine pin. He has written a book about the Marines. I mentioned briefly, I attended a reception across the floor this morning and met four of the wind talkers, the Navajo Indians who did so much. Here these old men were, finally after all these years, 4 of 29 wind talkers, getting recognition, value for what they did. I also mentioned on the floor this morning, I talked to them and asked them where they went. They talked about Guadalcanal and Guam. One of the Navajo Indians spoke in the native Tarawa: That is where I lost a lot of my buddies. He had tears in his eyes. Mr. President, I don't want to be overly dramatic, but we had 3,000 people killed at the Pentagon and New York City. That is what this legislation is all about. It is about the war we have going on with terrorists. The next bill we will bring up is the hate crimes bill. We should get this done and move to that. Why not legislate? I have said it 10 times today, and I will say it for the 11th time. If there is something in this bill that somebody does not like, move to strike it. Get rid of it. Instead, nothing is happening. I don't understand how anyone can do that to our troops; the Senator is absolutely right. Part of this legislation provides $1.1 billion for payment of veterans' disability compensation. Veterans are not freeloaders.…”