Words matter. These are the best Mac Thornberry Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If the men and women who protect the country are to succeed in the missions they are assigned, we simply must invest more in defense.
When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
If you’re an adult, if you are eligible to be drafted and vote, then there’s a certain amount of decision-making power, and I think we have to be respectful of that.
For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.
Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive.
It would be better for the country if the Pentagon and the military do not shut down at any point because the threats to the country do not shut down.
Mr. Speaker, I agree with those who say that the Global War on Terrorism is actually a Global War of Ideas and that terrorism is one of the tactics used in that War.
In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better.
We face a wide array of threats, which means we have to have a wide array of capabilities.
We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.
My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
I receive contributions from a variety of people who are interested in what the Armed Services Committee does.
It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations.
No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.
An aggressor will always push forward and do more until he meets resistance. We’ve seen that time and time again over history.
A military starved of resources, training, and equipment will not long be able to protect the country physically or economically.
The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.
We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.
Any president has to work with Congress.
Making America great again begins with making our military great again.
We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
We need a strong, vibrant economy to produce the tax revenue to fund our military.
President Trump has made rebuilding our military strength one of his top priorities. More money is certainly required, but so is reform of the Pentagon and how it does business.
The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today’s seniors.
Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.
Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy.
In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous.
If China sets the rules for much of the world’s economy, America will feel the consequences in our pocketbooks as well as in our security.
