Political Quotes

“I yield myself an additional 30 seconds. Over the course of the last 2 or 3 years, we have wound up authorizing and appropriating here in Congress substantially less money for readiness than the President, now, not this year, assuming you imagine that this OCO money is actually going to appear. The bulk of the OCO money makes up for the readiness gap. But, again, that OCO money isn't going to be there. So I don't think this bill is good for our country or good for our troops. I do agree with the chairman that that is the criteria on which it should be judged. But I urge a ``no'' vote. I reserve the balance of my time.”