Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk, No. 27. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following: SEC. 12XX. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW START TREATY. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense may be used for implementation of the New START Treaty until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that-- (1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation are no longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory; (2) the Russian Federation is respecting the sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory; (3) the Russian Federation is no longer taking actions that are inconsistent with the INF Treaty; (4) the Russian Federation is in compliance with the CFE Treaty and has lifted its suspension of Russian observance of its treaty obligations; and (5) there have been no inconsistencies by the Russian Federation with New START Treaty requirements. (b) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.…”