Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, basically, what this amendment says, as the gentlewoman was saying, is that we are a compassionate nation. She is saying that she wishes we weren't, basically, and that we need to stop being a compassionate nation. This is $115 million. I will remind everybody that the budget bill that the gentlewoman and the sponsor of this amendment voted for added $4 trillion to the debt. Why don't we start there? There is a basic argument here: Why does the U.S. engage in foreign aid? There are four real arguments for that. Number one, economics: Again, we are the most economically powerful nation in the world. We have the largest economy. We benefited the most. If we can help other countries generate economies, we have access to those markets. They will buy our stuff. It grows our economy. It has worked spectacularly well for 80 years. Number two, disease and health: Sadly, those things don't know borders. Ebola and a variety of different other diseases can spread and come back here. If we work with the rest of the world to prevent it before it comes here, that is to our benefit. The third is a matter of national security and safety. Mr. Chair, 9/ 11 happened because things were going wrong in other parts of the world, and they came here. It absolutely impacted people in the United States of America. The idea that this has no impact on our citizens doesn't matter. It just fails to recognize that it is not the 19th century anymore.”