Political Quotes

“we approach the midnight hour here in Washington, in our Nation's Capital. This bill was first noticed for consideration by the House less than 3 hours ago. One hour ago copies of the bill were not available for Members to review, and, in the time since then, there are fewer Members present here tonight than there are members of the National Security Committee. Any bill that authorizes the expenditure of $10 billion of taxpayer money for any purpose, no matter how worthy or important to the Nation, deserves better consideration than this. It is outrageous to be taking up such a matter under these conditions. Seldom has a day in recent weeks gone by without some administration official or commentator suggesting that the salvation for our Nation's security lies in expanding use of nuclear weapons, or that our Nation should alter its traditions by launching a surprise attack, or just a simple but dangerous cry, ``on to Baghdad.'' Each of these alternatives would do more to undermine the security of American families than to assure that security. We need a full and complete debate about such a major change in our national defense policy. No administration official has been able to connect a regime in Iraq, that all of us despise, to the terrorism of September 11. If they could, they surely would have done so by now.…”