Political Quotes

“last Friday the Senate Committee on Intelligence released a bipartisan report that discussed Iraq's links to terrorism and the use of information provided by the Iraqi National Congress. These reports provided the American people with important insights into these critical issues. Unfortunately, the administration chose to redact--that is a word used around here meaning to black out--important portions of these reports that a bipartisan majority of the Intelligence Committee believes could have and should have been released to the American people. Last night, I handed a letter to the distinguished majority leader informing him of my intent to offer an amendment to declassify one of these sections. I will, at an appropriate time, ask unanimous consent that I have the pending amendment set aside to offer my amendment. I am not going to do that right now. I do ask unanimous consent that a copy of my letter to Senator Frist be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, September 13, 2006. Hon. William H. Frist, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Dear Leader Frist: Late last week the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on ``a bipartisan basis released reports that discussed Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program and its links to terrorism and the intelligence community's use of information provided by the Iraqi National Congress.…”