Lloyd Doggett actually said...

"the cost of inaction, the economic cost, can be disastrous for our economy."

"I think that our taxpayers ought to be getting more money--more benefit from the dollars being spent there than we have."

"The Congressional Budget Office has issued a report that there is an alternative to placing permanent U.S. bases in the Czech Republic in Poland for missile defense."

"American taxpayers cannot continue to pay for an unlimited Pentagon budget just because Members of Congress are fearful."