Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I will be very brief, indeed. Section 232 of Title X, which is the current law, reads as follows: that the goal of the United States is ``to develop and maintain the option to deploy an antiballistic missile system that is capable of providing a highly effective defense of the United States against limited attacks of ballistic missiles.'' So the current law is to develop the option to deploy, but to decide at a future time whether or not to deploy, depending on the circumstances at that time, including the threats at the time, and the cost and military effectiveness of such a system. The bill says deploy. The current law says develop with an option to deploy. The bill says deploy. The substitute amendment goes back to the fundamental approach of the existing law, which is to develop so that we can deploy, but then makes it very clear that we will make the decision on whether to deploy at a future date and specifies what the criteria are for consideration at the time of that decision.”