Political Quotes

“And with Sam Johnson from this body, another POW. And you are to be commended for that because you have righted a terrible wrong in letting those families know that we are going to continue to persevere to force a full accounting and to force a full assessment and to have a process in place to make sure that what happened in Korea and what happened in Vietnam never happens again in this country. I commend you for that action. I wanted to mention that today. I know that is not the subject of your special order but so that all of those troops and all of those families across the country know that it was Chairman Bob Dornan who has been diligent and tireless in this effort to make sure that they are not forgotten. Just before I let you complete you special order on what I think is an outrageous topic but one that needs to be aired, I just want to say that I hope you will join me in requesting answers from this administration on what our plans are the in Middle East, what our game plan is, what our strategy is. Are we, in fact, letting Saddam suck us into a tar pit where we are going to lose additional lives, where we are not going to have a clear way to get out? Why are we not getting the kind of support from our allies? Why is the President not consulting with the leadership of this body, both Republicans and Democrats, because it is not an urgent situation. He could have called them today. He could have come back from his campaigning. We are talking about kids' lives.”