Political Quotes

“I oppose the Military construction appropriations bill. This bill effectively appropriates $65 million for the initial phase construction of a national ballistic missile system. This bill will begin to pave the way for deploying a boondoogle of unprecedented size and a hoax of a military strategy, a so-called national missile defense system. Once we begin down the road of an expanded nuclear defense system, there may be no turning back for Washington. If the history of defense funding serves, we will be creating policies to promote the use of and spending on more missiles. We will create a gravy train for every kooky weapons idea, without regard to effectiveness and affordability. We will undermine military readiness and we will weaken U.S. defense. We need to stop this now before spending billions of dollars on a system that has only been previously tested on a computer as a simulation. Billions of taxpayers dollars will fund a weapons system that simply does not work. Let's really strengthen our military and use these funds for programs that work and that really defend against real threats.”