Political Quotes

“It is an old axiom that the only certainty in this world is uncertainty. I do not think anyone here, no matter how you are going to vote on this amendment, can seriously argue that we are not cutting defense in an orderly manner. What we need is certainty in this downsizing. We can downsize the military in this country. We can do it safely without jeopardizing national security, but we must be left to do that job. This approach, this amendment, is wrongheaded. May I suggest to you that some had mentioned about pay. There are 20,000 military households that now qualify for food stamps. That is not anything to be proud of, because we asked these young men and women in uniform, and will, remembering that the only certainty is uncertainty, we will ask them again to go to some foreign land at some unknown hour, some unknown day, some unknown week, some unknown month and year in the future, and lay down their lives for this country. What we are talking about here is a wrongheaded approach to letting us on the committee downsize in a rational, logical manner. Please, defeat this amendment.”