Political Quotes

“I rise today with concerns about the Department of Defense budget proposal. Last fall before my colleagues and I voted on the Iraq Supplemental, we were told that there was money included in the bill to provide all our troops with necessary life-saving equipment. Several months after passing the supplemental, however, reports started coming back from Iraq that there were still troops serving in Iraq that did not have Kevlar vests, and there were still humvees that did not have armor to protect the troops riding in them from bullets or shrapnel. Last week, one year after the war started, Houston's CBS affiliate KHOU reported that there are still a number humvees without bulletproof armor. Then on Sunday, The Washington Post printed this article about Virginia Guard Units serving in Iraq that were wearing make-shift body armor their friends and family had sent them from home up until January of this year, 10 months after the start of the war.”