Political Quotes

“I want to thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding. It wasn't too long ago that we had the gentleman visit our district in western Pennsylvania to talk to a number of folks in the defense industry, and I just applaud him for his very serious work on the Armed Services Committee. He is good to highlight the situations that we come into when we see these continuing resolutions, the damage it does to our military, the need for long-term planning, how we have threats around the world, both emerging threats that continue to evolve, but there are our old adversaries and not-so-old adversaries: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and global terror networks. We could go on and on and on, but we have to have a military that is ready to respond. And we cannot be holding our military budget hostage to any other part of the Federal Government. It makes no sense. Speaking of one of those adversaries, I want to talk a little bit about Russia, because Russia has been in the news so much lately. Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about Russia and the threat it poses to us and our allies. For the past 40 years or so, I would describe myself as a hawk when it comes to Russia. As such, I would like to welcome my friends from across the aisle who are finally starting to express their concerns about the Russian bear. The question I have is: What took so long? Russia has been an adversary of the United States and the West for decades.…”