Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman, and I, too, rise in opposition to this amendment. Mr. Chairman, according to the Missile Defense Agency estimates provided in 2012, the cost of 20 silo GBI sites, that's including missiles, is approximately $3 billion and could be built over a 5-6 year period of time. This cost is almost half the funding the administration has stripped from MDA in the past 2 years. These funds are critical today. Iran will not slow down its ballistic missile program just because the gentleman wants to cut the funds for our defense. They are testing rocket engines and missiles now. The Department of Defense tells us also that Iran continues to advance its space launch and longer-range ballistic missile capabilities. Iran has used a space-launch vehicle, the Safir-2, to place a satellite in orbit, demonstrating some of the key technologies required for an ICBM to be successfully developed. This was reaffirmed recently by the latest biennial report from NASIC, the leading experts on ballistic missile intelligence. General Jacoby, Commander of the U.S. Northern Command stated: We should consider that Iran has capability in the next few years of flight testing ICBM-capable technologies. And: The Iranians are intent on developing an ICBM.…”