Lloyd Doggett actually said...

"We would be much better off using the tax system in trying to get these moneys back into the hands of people most directly affected."

"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."