Political Quotes

“I would just like to respond to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Byrne) and say that I know exactly what is going on over at the Pentagon in terms of their auditing requirements and what they are doing. But I have to say the Pentagon--and the gentleman should know this--has never been audited, I know, for the last 50 years. The public understands it needs to be audited because they see each and every day the wasteful spending of the Pentagon when you just look at, for example, CEO compensation of millions and millions and millions of dollars that are being paid to defense contractor executives on the taxpayers' dime. So, yes, I know what is going on; and, yes, it has not been audited in 50 years. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a May 22 letter signed by 32 former Republican and Democratic defense and foreign policy officials rejecting the building and use of low-yield nuclear warheads and opposing their authorization and their funding. May 22, 2018. Hon. Jim McGovern, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Representative McGovern: We write to respectfully request that Congress reject the Trump administration's request for new, more usable, ``low-yield'' nuclear warheads for Trident missiles. There is no need for such weapons and building them would make the United States less safe. These so-called ``low-yield'' weapons are a gateway to nuclear catastrophe and should not be pursued.…”