Political Quotes

“last December I watched carefully as the Senate received from the House this legislation which we are about to adopt. I urge Senators to vote for it. There will be one ``no'' vote, in my judgment. That is the Senator from Virginia. I do so for the following reasons: I believe this subject deserved debate, and that is why I interposed an objection on the UC to have this passed last December, 40-some millions of dollars of taxpayers' money to give to these nations. If we were able to separate this legislation between authorization for these funds, I would vote for it because I think it is important we expend these funds for these nations which are trying very hard, some nine nations--although the money applied to only seven of the nine-- seven nations which are trying to put together, within their respective countries, the fabric and the infrastructure necessary to hopefully qualify for NATO. I am in favor of some expansion. I am not against any country. I am not for any country. The purpose of my objecting was I believed the Senate should have a debate before we passed it. I thought I was successful, but in the darkness of the Senate, as so often happens, the appropriators appropriated the money. So it was a hollow act on my part.…”