Political Quotes

“I have often thought that in areas of defense and foreign policy partisanship stops at the water's edge, a concept envisioned by one of our former colleagues many years ago. I think it is a concept that is as true today as it was then. Despite some differences, we were able to work together to unanimously report out the bill which is before the Senate at this time. This record-setting pace is a tribute to the committee chairman, Senator Thurmond, and the ranking member, and the fine professional staff under the direction of Col. Les Brownlee, U.S. Army, and Gen. Arnold Punaro, U.S. Marine Corps. Mr. President, the bill before the Senate goes a long way towards ensuring that our Armed Forces will remain capable of meeting the many challenges that lie ahead. To achieve this goal, the committee added $12.9 billion to the Clinton administration's budget request and concentrated the additional funding in the vital modernization accounts.”