Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the reason I want that entered into the Record, over the next 10 years, what this calls for is $86 billion--$86 billion--worth of investment throughout the seven facilities throughout our country on nuclear armaments and over $100 billion on the delivery mechanisms to ensure that these warheads are deliverable. So one might say: Well, that is great, but how are we going to be sure? How are we going to be sure the appropriators actually ask for the money? Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a letter signed on December 16 by Chairman Inouye, Senators Dianne Feinstein, Thad Cochran, and Lamar Alexander. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, December 16, 2010. The White House, Washington, DC. Dear Mr. President: We are writing to express our support for ratification of the New START Treaty and full funding for the modernization of our nuclear weapons arsenal, as outlined by your updated report that was mandated by Section 1251 of the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. We also ask that, in your future budget requests to Congress, you include the funding identified in that report on nuclear weapons modernization.…”