Political Quotes

“I find myself in the unenviable position of opposing my distinguished Republican leader, Mr. Dole, and an equally distinguished group of cosponsors. Let me review my basic position which I have set forth on the floor here in previous debates in the last week or so. The lifting of the embargo is something that has a great deal of appeal to me and, I am sure, many others. I am willing to stipulate that there are certain legalities about the placing of the embargo that lend themselves to a ground that we did it in a collection of nations, indeed with the United States, in an illegal fashion. But, nevertheless, we are where we are now. Candidly, I would like to see the embargo lifted, but I cannot find to my satisfaction the answers to a set of questions that I believe require answering and understanding by the Members of the Senate before we act. I wrote the Secretaries of Defense and State a detailed letter on the April 29 setting forth a series of questions that I felt were germane to the issue.”