Joe Cunningham: “I would like to address my good friend the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Meek). I do not know of a sweeter lady in this…”

“I would like to address my good friend the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Meek). I do not know of a sweeter lady in this body than the gentlewoman from Florida. But I say to the gentlewoman, because there is payback; 500 troops and $20 billion a year. Look at Kosovo. We are lucky if we are going to get out with $100 billion. Bosnia cost us $16 billion. When the Progressive Caucus comes up in the Labor-HHS bill and wants to increase money in Medicare and health care and education and not talk Social Security, if we want to do these things, the Progressive Caucus has got to support it and not want to cut defense by 50 percent of what it is now. There is a payback.”