Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to speak about the vote that is going to take place at 2:15 p.m., and I urge my colleagues to vote to table this motion. The motion itself would keep us from being able to follow through on a sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. It is my belief that the appropriate policy here is to table this motion, and let me take a few moments to share why I feel that way. First of all, this is not a subsidized sale; this is a sale where a country is trying to buy U.S. weaponry with its own money. This is not the United States giving foreign aid to another country. This is a situation where an ally that is certainly an imperfect ally--they are very aware they have public relations issues within our own country for lots of reasons, but they are an ally nonetheless--has looked around and decided and feels it is the best thing for them to do relative to the purchase of the tanks and other weaponry listed here. By the way, they already own tanks like this already, and they can go someplace else to purchase them. Let me start out by saying that we had a huge debate in the Senate about the Iran nuclear deal. We ended up in different places. Fifty- eight people decided they didn't like it, but I think everyone probably has concerns about Iran and what they are doing in the Middle East.…”