Political Quotes

“There is, Mr. Speaker, a national debate raging about defense policy in this country. It is healthy, it is appropriate, and we all have strong feelings about it, their concern about the nature, extent and direction of national defense, but not on the floor of this Chamber. I have offered an amendment, for instance, to strike funding for the Crusader. Along with the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Thornberry) and the Secretary of Defense, we have deep concerns about this. I would hope that we spend this money cleaning up the thousands of sites across the country that are polluted with military toxics and unexploded ordinance which killed two of our servicemen in this country a few weeks ago. But, no, due to this rule and the management of this piece of legislation, we are going to remain silent. I think that is sad, Mr. Speaker. I expect better from this Chamber.”