Political Quotes

“I said it before, but I will say it again: it is an emergency. My goodness, this country is putting together a nuclear weapon. The Bush administration, if you read the paper the last several days, has been meeting every day with experts around the world on the issue of Iran. To cut this money back pulls the rug out from the administration. Iran is a threat. Iran is developing a nuclear bomb. Iran is the one that funded Hezbollah. Iran blew up the American embassy once. They blew up the American Embassy in Beirut a second time. Iran blew up the Marine Corps barracks killing 241 Marines. It is an emergency. My God, the Iranians will be laughing at us if we were to reduce this amount of money. This is an emergency. So I just urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.”