Political Quotes

“my colleague, Senator Cruz, is ill and unable to speak on this nomination. He has, however, expressed his concerns to me in the form of a letter. I appreciate his contributions to this debate throughout the committee process. I ask unanimous consent the letter be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record as follows: U.S. Senate, February 14, 2013. Senator James Inhofe, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Dear Senator Inhofe: I continue to have considerable concerns with the unnecessary rush to force through a vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination before he has adequately responded to multiple requests from members of the Armed Services Committee for additional information. Our requests directly relate to matters he would have significant influence over as our nation's Secretary of Defense and are based on his alarming record on foreign policy matters. For instance, Sen. Hagel has repeatedly declined to support measures to crack down on state sponsors of terrorism, belittled the notion of using any means to prevent a nuclear Iran, advised U.S. leaders to engage in direct negotiations with rogue nations and hostile terrorist groups, and expressed remarkable antagonism towards the longstanding U.S. alliance with Israel. Moreover, these are all positions he's disavowed since his nomination.…”