Political Quotes

“I think that is telling. There is already, as the gentleman well knows but unfortunately the public is not aware, there are opportunities in the case of national defense exigency for the suspension of this legislation. But the gentlemen raises a point that mirrors my experience time and time again. The characteristics, the leadership, the training, the commitment, that makes our men and women in the Armed Forces the finest fighting force in the world also makes them uniquely qualified to solve problems. And when they are given an opportunity, whether it is building a green building, whether it is solving an environmentally difficult problem, if we give them the order, the resources, the clearance, I am stunned at the progress that can be made. I am likewise troubled, and the gentleman comes from the State that probably more than any in the country bears the scars of past shortcuts environmentally. We could talk about an area the gentleman is well aware of in terms of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation where we were in a rush to develop nuclear weapons before the Nazis, but now we are spending billions of dollars a year to clean it up.”