Political Quotes

“putting the UAE in charge of our ports is as crazy as outsourcing our Border Patrol to Saudi Arabia. We have two Achilles heels: our Mexican border and our seaports. The UAE says that they are our friends. Here is some straight talk: the UAE gave us two terrorists on 9/11. They provided the money for the attacks of 9/11. They recognized the Taliban on 9/11. They refused to freeze Osama bin Laden's assets after 9/11. They have voted against us at the U.N. 90 percent of the time since 9/11. And today they announced that they will threaten the United States of America if we block this transaction. If these are our friends, what the heck does an enemy look like? Mr. Speaker, we have but one choice: block this ports deal. We should not outsource our national security to anyone. ____________________”