Ike Skelton Quotes

I have spoken to Donald Trump about this. He understands the dramatic budget cuts our military has faced.

This president [Barack Obama] is undermining our military. This president is more interested in funding Planned Parenthood than in funding the military.

In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and protect our country.

Every dollar needlessly spent on our military … diminishes our overall security.

I have long maintained the military budget is not a jobs bill... and will continue to support the lowest budget possible.

Clearly, we need a strong economy to build a strong military.

I will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is a combination of the budget cuts Barack Obama has, as well as the sequestration cuts. That, in my view, is making our future less certain and less secure.

National security - the military is the first thing we should spend money on. You have to fully fund that first. And then you should be paying for everything else.

At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted for spending reform, but in a targeted fashion that genuinely changes unsustainable spending trajectories while preserving U.S. defense capacity.

In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.

Well, no American wants to in any way hurt our capabilities to national defense, but that doesn't mean an unlimited amount of money, and a blank check for anything they want at any time, for any purpose. Not at all.

What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs.

All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that he will have his chance to do just that.

We can always find money for what the military wants.

The military always asks for more [appropriations] than it gets.

Balanced budgets have a lot to do with National Defense.

The Constitution places the responsibility on Congress for setting the size of the U.S. military, ensuring sufficient resources are in place to train and equip it, and funding maintenance programs and replacing worn-out equipment. We have a moral responsibility to ensure that our people are fully prepared and fully supported.

I'm a big fan of the military. I think we've got to preserve our military, no question about it.

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

We increased expenses, particularly in two areas: the military. If I put somebody in harm's way, they're going to get the best, as far as I'm concerned.

I want a strong military. But I do not believe, among other things, that without an audit, we should be throwing tens of billions of dollars more into the Department of Defense.

The only way to meet pressing social needs and be fiscally responsible is to cut the runaway Pentagon budget, which now almost equals the military spending of all other countries in the world combined.

The U.S. has subsidized the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military.

When it comes to the military, we have no choice. We cannot have a depleted military.