Political Quotes

“I hope that our House will vote to sustain the President's veto. This is not a good bill and the President was correct in vetoing it. This is an isolationism bill. It is a retrenching bill, a retreating bill. The United States is the leader of the free world. No one anointed us as leader. We took the mantle. As a result, we have a responsibility. Countries look to us and we have a responsibility for our own self-interest. There was no Democratic input into this bill. There is a haphazard reorganization of U.S. foreign policy agencies. In fact, it is, Pick an agency, any agency, we want to close an agency, it doesn't matter what agency, just pick one. That is no way to conduct foreign policy. The appropriations are too low. There are not enough funds in here. It undermines the President's ability to conduct foreign policy. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle unfortunately seem to want to embrace isolationism. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism, I feel that the Republican Party is reverting back to its 100 years ago isolationism policies. This is a dangerous policy.”