Political Quotes

“I think the observations of the Senator from Utah, Mr. Bennett, are important ones. I will work with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to see if we cannot accept this amendment eventually because it, in all likelihood, clarifies the language that I put in the bill last year. I think the amendment helps to clarify the intent of the language last year, which in its verbiage requires a specific authorization by Congress to proceed with the engineering development phase or subsequent phase of the robust nuclear earth penetrator and, in my view, that includes a full-scale underground nuclear test on the robust nuclear earth penetrator if such test, in the judgment of the technical community, is deemed necessary. So I think the amendment can be helpful, and I will work with my distinguished colleagues on the other side, most specifically the ranking member, Senator Levin, to see whether we can adopt it.”