Political Quotes

“Let us get back to something that is very important to this country. These are two models of what is known as ``brilliant eyes.'' That is important to everybody who is concerned about national security. That means that if Saddam Hussein launched a missile on our troops in theater in the Middle East, these systems could pick up that launched missile, could relay the information back to either an American ship or American theater antimissile forces and they could launch a missile like we launched the Patriots against the Scuds that occurred in desert Storm. They could launch a missile at the incoming ballistic missile and knock it out of the sky before it damaged American troops or American equipment. These are on display in 2118 Rayburn. We have an SDI exhibit on display today. I would urge all Members to come down and look at the emerging technology we are building for missile defense.”