Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today the Senate voted 87 to 10 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act named for John S. McCain, Senator McCain. I want to do two things. I want to tell you a little bit about what is in the bill and a little bit about John S. McCain. This increases the size of our military by 24,000, which is desperately needed. Too few have done too much for too long. Having a larger military means people can stay with their families longer and takes a lot of pressure off those who are serving. And we need more troops, given the threats we have. The equipment they are going to be receiving is the most modern that we have available. We are buying 77 F-35s, which will make enemies of our Nation think twice. We are improving the F-18, which has been a great airplane. The bottom line is that we are helping the Ukraine, which is standing up to the Russians. There is so much in this bill to relieve the pain and suffering from the defense cuts of the last 6 or 7 years. This begins to restore a hollowed-out military and improve their equipment, gives them more training, more time at home, and the largest pay increasing in 9 years--2.6 percent is the largest pay increase in about 9 years, and God knows they deserve it. There are a lot of good things in this bill to make our military stronger. There are reforms in this bill to make the Pentagon act more efficiently. In terms of Senator McCain, when you mention John McCain, most people think American hero.…”