Political Quotes

“I rise today to commemorate an anniversary, as well as to challenge my colleagues in Congress. Today marks the completion of 9 months of America's war against ISIL. Tomorrow, May 8, starts the 10th month of this war. In the war on ISIL, here is what has happened so far. We have deployed thousands of troops far from home to support military operations in Iraq and Syria. A significant number of them are from Virginia, including the Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group based in Norfolk. We have conducted more than 3,000 U.S. air strikes on ISIL from land bases in the region as well as from aircraft carriers. We have spent more than 2 billion American taxpayer dollars--and counting. We have lost the lives of American servicemembers and seen American hostages killed by ISIL in barbaric ways. And while we have seen some significant progress on the battlefield in Iraq, we have also witnessed ISIL spread and take responsibility for attacks in Afghanistan, Libya, and Yemen. We have seen other terrorist groups, such as Nigeria's Boko Haram, pledge alliance to ISIL. We have seen acts of terrorism in Europe and now in the United States that have been influenced or at least inspired by ISIL. All of this has happened in 9 months. Here is what hasn't happened.…”