Political Quotes

I think that a number of people here in the political process tend to, quite frankly, overreact to the word 'sanctions' in terms of lifting sanctions.

Dividing budget cuts equally between nondefense and defense expenses as in last year's sequester will neither resolve our finances nor assure our security.

Right. So they could be separated out if an Executive decision were made on these other areas you're talking about.

I believe that the indisputable starting point in this discussion really is that the international rules of the road for security and also for commercial exploration have never been more complex.