Political Quotes

“on Tuesday night, Senator Reed and I had the honor of filing S. 4049, the 60th annual National Defense Authorization Act. Think about that--60 years. This is something we are always pretty confident we will eventually get passed. To me, it is the most significant bill of the year, and we have been doing it now successfully for 60 years. It is what we consider every year, and we know it is going to pass because it has always passed, but it is also about taking care of our troops and defending our country. There is a document no one reads anymore. It is called the Constitution. It talks about what our primary responsibility is, which is to defend America. We are in a much more dangerous position today than we have ever been before, so I think it is fitting that we are doing this ahead of the Fourth of July, our Nation's birthday. We wouldn't have our freedoms without our men and women in uniform from the past and present, and that is who we are dedicating this to. They are the beneficiaries of what we are doing as we are the beneficiaries of what they are doing. It is why we can all come together and finish this bill by next Thursday, I would still like to say, even though there is opposition to this. I say that because it would be the last day before the recess that is coming up, the Fourth of July, and I think it would be good if we could do it that way.…”