Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong favor of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. This bill makes long- overdue improvements for the well-being of our servicemembers as well as underwriting our national defense at a time when we face a tumultuous global security environment. It has been my honor to serve as chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, which oversees our Nation's nuclear enterprise, missile defense forces, and national defense space capabilities. I am pleased that my subcommittee continued the tradition of bipartisan work, and I thank Ranking Member Seth Moulton for his partnership. Mr. Speaker, our nuclear deterrent is the foundation of our national security. This bill fully funds the modernization of our nuclear triad, including key investments in submarine construction, developing the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile, and maintaining adequate numbers of intercontinental ballistic missiles, all to keep pace with growing Chinese and Russian nuclear threats. This bill also authorizes important resources to restore nuclear production infrastructure maintained by the National Nuclear Security Administration. This year, the actions of our enemies revealed the importance of having strong integrated missile defense capabilities. To that end, this bill reverses the damaging Biden administration's decision to cease production of the Standard Missile-3 Block 1B.…”