Political Quotes

“This is unilateral nuclear disarmament because we get nothing from the other side. I mean, if you are against this nuclear weapon, put a provision in this bill that says I strongly encourage the United States to negotiate with Russia that we both get rid of these nuclear weapons. I don't like nuclear weapons. I am just more concerned about the ones that are in the hands of the other guys than the ones that are in our hands. Now, what is weird about this is that the determination by the chairman that we need to pull this weapon back after, again, bipartisan support for this weapon being deployed; is it because this weapon is dangerous? No. Is it because our adversaries have it? Well, adversaries do have it. Do we have it in other forms? Yes. But yet, instead of those who are charged with our military policy deciding it, they want to decide it. Now, again, this should be decided by treaty. We should require that the other side get rid of theirs if we are going to get rid of ours. But the other aspect is, this is not just musings about Russia saying escalate to de-escalate. That is their nuclear weapons policy, and we have to be very concerned as to how that policy affects their calculus. I reserve the balance of my time.”