Political Quotes

“We have a bipartisan proposal that will allow us as a nation to make rational decisions about detention, and the White House is holding it up. There are provisions in this bill that affect the day-to-day lives of the men and women in our military. The White House is saying detainee policy driven by the ACLU is more important to them than a bill that would allow the CIA the authorization they need to fight this war that would provide wounded warriors assistance at a time when wounded warriors need it the most. You talk about a perverse view of things, you talk about having it wrong in terms of what is most important, allowing the detainee issue to deny the CIA the authorization they need to protect us all is dangerous. To put the needs of the men and women in uniform in terms of their health care, their pay, their ability to take care of their families secondary to detainee policies that make no sense and is driven by the far left of this country is what this debate is about. To the White House, we are not going to change this bill. Mr. McCONNELL. Would the Senator yield for a question?”