Political Quotes

“Senator Ayotte mentioned this Washington Post editorial. The Washington Post is, in my view, a very good newspaper. I like the editorial board. They have been right on Syria and a lot of other issues. Sometimes we disagree, that is for sure. But this one editorial has gotten my attention to the point that I have to respond and, quite frankly, ask my friends at the Washington Post to reevaluate their position and think a little bit about what they are saying in their editorial when it comes to military retirees. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S9088, December 20, 2013, in the first column, the following language appears: . . . and do what is right. Senator AYOTTE mentioned . . . The Record has been corrected to read: . . . and do what is right. Mr. GRAHAM.<greek-m>Senator Ayotte mentioned . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= As she said, the editorial says this is a ``teensy-weensy'' small cut. I said that we were screwing the military retirement community and maybe a better way of saying it was we are disrespecting the military retiree community, because when I said we were screwing the military retirees, it was sort of like the financial package. They are having to give up retirement benefits--the COLA reductions--that not one other person in the entire country has to go through. And it is not teensy- weensy.…”