Political Quotes

“I am listening to my good friend from Alabama, and I don't know if he has actually read my amendment. I, too, am happy to have a debate on the level of our nuclear spending. That is not what this amendment says. The amendment says that we ought to have a report every year from the CBO that shows what the accurate projections are going to be for the next 10 years. The gentleman didn't dispute what I said, that the report that the committee requested last year showed that it is underestimated by $150 billion. Why don't you want the American people to know good information every year? I am mystified by this. If you want to increase nuclear spending, you should know the facts. If you want to decrease nuclear spending, you deserve to have the facts. If you just want to fund what we have got, you need to have the facts. The CBO showed that the Obama administration's plan for maintaining and upgrading the nuclear arsenal is likely to cost some 66 percent more over the next decade than senior Pentagon officials have predicted. Virtually every major project under the National Nuclear Security Administration's oversight is behind schedule and over budget. I am sorry if the facts are inconvenient for the gentleman, but he should know that if he supports the nuclear program, there will be a day of reckoning. There is no excuse not to have the best information available. This would simply make sure that we are requesting it from the CBO.…”