Political Quotes

“I rise today to echo what my good friend and colleague, Senator Collins, has already said. Let me be clear. She pointed out the virtual unanimous support this legislation has from members of the Intelligence Committee--both sides. Let there be no mistake in terms of who was the relentless driver--some might even say ``persistent-beyond-belief driver'' of this issue. It was Susan Collins, and, once again, her service shows that she is standing up for America's diplomats and the intel community serving our country around the world who, as Senator Collins already indicated, have been involved in dangerous incidents resulting in brain trauma and other unexplained illnesses. We have called it the Havana syndrome The remarkable thing is that for nearly 5 years, we have been aware of these reports, and we have seen, as the Senator mentioned, attacks on U.S. personnel in Cuba, in China, and around the world. We have these reports here in this country, and rather than disappearing or going down in number, they actually appear to be increasing. Five years after the start of this effort, we don't know what happened, we don't know who did it, and we don't know what kind of device was used. This is wrong. Particularly, I want to point out--this is an area where, again, we were in bipartisan agreement--that under the last administration, we just didn't treat these victims from the intel community, the State Department, and DOD with the seriousness they deserved.…”