Political Quotes

“the gentleman is not being truthful to the Members of the Congress. He said the same thing in committee when he told the Members in committee that the amendment he offered had passed another committee of the House, and one of our colleagues on the Republican side had to correct him, and they had to admonish the gentleman because he gave false information. He said in the committee that one of the other full committees had passed in markup the bill that we were considering in the Committee on Armed Services, and it was wrong. The President and the White House is not supporting the Menendez amendment in no way, shape or form, and it is wrong to give that impression to our colleagues. What I want to do is spend, for a moment, a minute congratulating my distinguished chairman. He is doing what the Committee on Armed Services has done since I have been here for 18 years under Democratic leadership and Republican leadership. He is doing what is right for our soldiers. It was the Committee on Armed Services in 1995 and 1996 that told the CIA and the Air Force to arm the Predator. Now, back then, the same argument could be made. The Air Force did not want to arm the Predator, neither the CIA, neither the White House. Guess what? We provided leadership, and the Committee on Armed Services required the Predator be armed, and the Predator became a key asset for us. But, now, the previous administration has been trying to take credit for it.”