Political Quotes

“I rise to discuss an amendment we will vote on later. When we vote on it, it is 1 minute a side, and I think it might take a couple of more minutes to explain a vote on NATO that is very powerful. A few years ago, people were questioning the viability of NATO. Was it still worth it? Well, what President Biden and what this body have shown is that, with American leadership, NATO is stronger today than it has ever been. NATO's capacity and NATO's willingness to link arms and provide defense to Ukraine in the midst of an illegal invasion by a human-rights-abusing Vladimir Putin has been extremely powerful, and the value of NATO has been demonstrated to such a degree that even nations that never would have contemplated entering NATO in the past-- Finland and Sweden--have fought for accession and have been green-lit by this body and now the international community to join. There is a question, though, that was coming up as people were talking about should we withdraw from NATO: How do you withdraw from a treaty? The Constitution is plain that, to enter into a treaty, you need a ratification vote by the Senate, but the Constitution is silent about withdrawal. So, in the last administration, a question came up about whether a President could withdraw from NATO unilaterally. I have a bill that is bipartisan, together with Senator Rubio, and we will vote on it later this afternoon.…”