Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. In the prime sponsor of this bill's remarks, there are a whole lot of sort of half-truths and assumptions that got jammed together that don't actually make sense and are not actually the facts that are before us to paint a very dark picture that isn't what we are dealing with. Let me just run through those. We heard that 30 percent of the people have returned to the battlefield or are suspected to have returned to the battlefield. That 30 percent figure relies, again, on the folks that were released before the Obama administration when, again, quite frankly, people were picked up in a very haphazard manner and released in a very haphazard manner. Since 2009, since the Obama administration did the vetting process of all of these people, the actual rate of people who have been deemed to have returned to the battlefield, even with the two that were counted this morning, is 5.6 percent. So when you hear 30 percent--oh my gosh, 30 percent of these people are returning to the battlefield; how can we release them--that is not the number. Okay? Now, you can argue about the 5.6 if you want, but let's at least get the number right. Since the Obama administration did the proper vetting process, the number is 5.6 percent to have been confirmed to have returned to the battlefield, including the two that were added this morning.…”