Political Quotes

“I say to my good friend the funds needed, to the extent funds are needed, to keep this ship in an operational status are in the 2005 budget. The only reason we had to make reference with the sentence ``of the amount appropriated for the Department of Navy by this act'' was to get it germane so we could get it to the floor so the Senate of the United States can make a decision. I say to the Senator most respectfully, the funds that are needed to put this ship in such condition to continue are there. However, just today the admiral, who was the battle fleet commander who brought this ship back from its most recent deployment, said as follows: If improvements made to the JFK avionics maintenance facility prior to deployment-- The access to this ship. And he concludes by saying: The results from our aggressive self-sufficiency and superb technical support, mostly via aviation technology, enabled us to return from the deployment in outstanding material condition. That is the status of the ship. The reason we are trying to keep this in is not a political one, it is not relating to our various jurisdictions. It is for the interest of this country to keep a ship in port in Japan which is nonnuclear, while the Japanese Government and the local mayoral government--I think it is called a precept--make the decision as to whether they will ever allow a nuclear carrier in there.…”