Political Quotes

“I wish to comment on the F-22. It is a magnificent aircraft. It is absolutely essential for our inventory of weapons. Stop to think that any use of our Armed Forces, wherever they may be in the world, is dependent on air superiority. The United States has that air superiority, but there are nations night and day trying to fashion airplanes or instruments that could take away that air superiority. This Nation is banking its future on that aircraft. I am very pleased that our committee has marked up a strong bill on that issue. The Senator from Georgia may have some additional thoughts on it, which we will turn to in the course of the deliberations on this bill. I salute the Senator from Georgia, Mr. Chambliss, for doing everything he can to ensure that the United States of America maintains its air superiority so that the men and women of the other Armed Forces, be they at sea, on the land--wherever they may be--have the sense of confidence that the skies above will not become some instrument of war in harm's way to them.”