Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object, again, when faced with a problem, the Department of Defense has decided to anoint itself a lawmaker, even though it is not in charge of making laws. It doesn't have that power. That power is reserved to us--to us exclusively--under article I, section 1 and article I, section 7. So if Secretary Austin wants to make laws, he should run for the Senate or he can run for the House. But he can't do this from his perch as Secretary of Defense. That doesn't work in our system of government. So here again, we are being asked to consider national security implications of these advancements and of any delay that might be caused as a result of the Department's unwise decision to try to remake abortion law, to try to rewrite laws restricting the use of Federal funds in facilities within the Department of Defense for abortions. I have another idea. I have an idea about how we might resolve this. I can't speak for Senator Tuberville, but I can speak for what I could advocate for Senator Tuberville. I can speak for what I suspect Senator Tuberville would seriously consider. We can deal with all this right now. We could probably get all of these folks confirmed tonight if they will just do one thing. This would be a nice compromise position. I suspect he would withdraw his objections and we could get everybody confirmed if the Department of Defense were to suspend this policy. Suspend it and say: Do you know what? You are right.…”