Political Quotes

“I say to our colleagues, I think the Senator and I can agree on this point that there is no vote on this current 2005 authorization bill of greater significance than the vote we will take momentarily. I frame this vote as follows: The whole of America watched within the past few days the September 11 Commission, its Chairman, face the cameras and say, in response to the astonishment of the American people about the tragic events of September 11, we didn't foresee it, we didn't plan for it, we didn't fund for it, we didn't train for it, and it happened. I say respectfully to my colleagues, that is precisely what this vote is all about. The Senator laid down the priorities of the Central Intelligence Agency. I have them before me. I should repeat this one. They say the possibility that a WMD armed missile will be used against the U.S. forces or interests is higher today than during most of the cold-war period.”