Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of my amendment for a budget neutral increase in funding for Army surface-to-air missile systems. The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement, or the MSE, is the next generation of the battle-proven PAC-3 interceptor for the Patriot air defense system. Along with its earlier generation PAC-3 interceptor, the Missile Segment Enhancement is the world's most capable air and missile defense missile. PAC-3 missiles are high-velocity interceptors that destroy incoming targets with direct body-to-body impact. This hit-to-kill impact produces a tremendous amount of energy that defeats tactical ballistic missiles carrying weapons of mass destruction and/or submunition payloads, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and aircraft. The MSE missile provides a 50 percent improvement in altitude and 100 percent improvement in range over earlier PAC-3 interceptors and is required to address advance air and missile defense threats. MSE capability is in great demand across the deployed force. In fact, the MSE missiles have been on the Army's unfunded request top priorities list. Additional missiles have been on the Army UFR the past 2 years and have been funded by Congress. This amendment would allow approximately 20 new missiles to be purchased in fiscal year 2017, which would put the total at 105 missiles, which is still below the fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2016 levels.…”