Political Quotes

“As the Nation's eyes turn towards what we can do to protect our citizens from these horrible actions of terrorist violence, it would be sad, in an era of unprecedented increase in military spending, if we did not also do everything we could to save the lives and health of innocent Americans. Sadly, as the committee has recognized, the landscape across this country is still littered with the explosive residue from years of military testing, storage, unexploded ordnance and other toxins that have taken the lives of adults and children and threatened the health of Americans across the country, including right here in Washington, D.C. I wish to thank the chairman and ranking member for the committee's action to do something about this important problem of unexploded ordnance. We are going to have to address the problem of unexploded ordnance at some time. The current rate of cleanup will take hundreds, some have even estimated it may take as many as a thousand, years. That is unacceptable. Sooner is better for the environment, for our citizens, and for the taxpayers.”