Ronald Dellums: “Mr. Chairman, I rise to thank the distinguished chairman and ranking member of the National Security Committee for their…”

“Mr. Chairman, I rise to thank the distinguished chairman and ranking member of the National Security Committee for their cooperation in accepting my co-production reporting amendment. The committee bill devotes significant additional resources to modernization, because in the words of the committee, "the U.S. military's technical superiority depends on a steady investment in modernization of new and upgraded weapons systems and equipment." The taxpayers' investment in modernization and new military technologies should be carefully guarded just as we seek to protect patented products and intellectual property from pirating overseas. Mr. Chairman, Congress and the public must be fully informed about our arms production technologies being exported abroad. My co-production reporting amendment would do just that with a simple reporting requirement on all co-production agreements between the United States and foreign countries. Again I thank the distinguished chairman and the ranking member.”