Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 79, after line 23, insert the following: SEC. 241. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SYSTEM PURPOSES. (a) Limitation.-- (1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the purposes described in paragraph (2) shall be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense-- (A) certifies to the congressional defense committees that-- (i) the ground-based midcourse defense system has performed at least two successful intercept tests at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, before October 1, 2014; and (ii) the Commander of the United States Northern Command has full confidence in the homeland missile defense system; and (B) submits to such committees justification with respect to the national security requirement for expanding the ground-based missile defense site located at Fort Greely, Alaska, from 30 ground-based interceptors to 44 ground-based interceptors. (2) Purposes described.--The purposes described in this paragraph are the following: (A) Advance procurement of 14 ground-based interceptor rocket motor sets. (B) The missile refurbishment project at Missile Field 1 at Fort Greely, Alaska. (C) The mechanical-electrical building at such Missile Field.…”