Chris Shays Quotes

• I think that some of our soldiers die in the battlefield and some come home to bad health and die prematurely, just by the nature of the kind of business they’re in.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Business, Health

  Tags in Think

• But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in War, Cause

• First off, we’ve had sworn testimony from soldiers and testimony before our staff that wasn’t sworn, that said these alarms rarely went off, that they went off after the war in most cases and went off a lot.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Before, After, Testimony

• First off, I’m not a scientist, and I make no apology for that.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Scientist, Make

• But I would argue that a longer war it’s more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Difficult, Keep

• I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Believe, Stress

• I don’t think there is one cause of Gulf War illness.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Illness, Think

• I’d like people to listen to our soldiers. They were there. They heard the alarms go off. They tasted the substance in the air. They spit up blood. They had rashes on their bodies. They got sick.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Sick, Soldiers

• It’s hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier’s death.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Knowledge

  Tags in People, Soldier

• There’s another issue here – and I have some limits as to what I can say – but there’s some real question as to the viability of the chemical masks, the protective gear used by our soldiers.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Real, Question

• The bottom line to this is, there are few doctors who have any expertise in chemical exposure.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Bottom, Line

• Oh it’s clearly a cover up. I mean, I have no reluctance in saying that.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Saying, Mean

• The bottom line is that the CIA knew before the war, during and war, and after the war where most of these chemicals were and most of these biological agents.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Before, After

• We knew shortly after the war that our troops were becoming ill.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in After, War

• What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Exposure, War

• Yes, there is a story about Agent Orange, and we knew that it harmed our troops and we knew how long it was to get the medical community to accept that, the military to accept it, the VA to accept it.

  Chris Shays

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Accept, Story, Community

Chris Shays (16)

Birth:	18th October, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Christopher Hunter "Chris" Shays was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He is an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and represented the 4th District of Connecticut. He is a member of the Republican Party. Shays was a candidate for the 2012 Republican U.S. Senate nomination to replace retiring Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman. However, he lost the August 14 primary to Linda McMahon. He received both a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Public Administration from New York University.

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