Political Quotes

“On another topic that is extremely important, Mr. President, I have talked about how obvious it is America needs to reduce its reliance on foreign oil. But if anyone needs another reason, just look at the regimes that benefit from the global addiction to oil. For example, Iran. Iran uses profits from global oil sales to support its terrorism around the world, its nuclear weapons program. So it is critical the Senate act now--and act quickly--to further tighten sanctions against Iran. These sanctions are a key tool as we work to stop them from obtaining nuclear weapons, threatening Israel, and ultimately jeopardizing U.S. national security. This country is so fortunate to have the person who is leading the Central Intelligence Agency: GEN David Petraeus. I had the good fortune yesterday to spend an hour with him. He is a good man. He understands what is going on in the world. We must be vigilant, as we are, about what is going on in Iran. I repeat, we must act now--and act quickly--to further tighten sanctions against Iran. These sanctions are a key tool as we work to stop them from obtaining nuclear weapons, threatening Israel and further terrorizing other parts of the world. The only way to get sanctions in place now is to take up a bipartisan bill that passed unanimously out of the Senate Banking Committee. I would like and I am going to move to this.…”