Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this resolution is insincere and unserious. It is insincere because this is just: We don't like the President and he took action, and we can't stand it. It is unserious, because if they really wanted to limit the actions of our government to defend our country and defend those in uniform, this wouldn't be a nonbinding resolution, they would limit it. If they want to limit it, go ahead and do it. For the people in America that say, ``Well, we don't know this Soleimani guy. How come we don't know him?'' That is a great question. How come they don't know? Well, let me introduce folks to him. He got busy with his work as a terrorist in Beirut, killing 241 marines; the Khobar Towers, killing Americans; hundreds of American personnel wearing uniforms dead by EFPs, explosively formed penetrators; and thousands maimed walking around the United States, walking around the Halls of this Congress. That is Soleimani. But they don't know him because this body, the executive branch, Republicans and Democrats, have sent their young men and women to war without dealing with this killer, this terrorist, because it was too hard, too hard in Iraq to deal with Iran, because it might make them mad, they might do something about it. Our colleagues say that the President is reckless, without a plan. Here is what is reckless: appeasement.…”