Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 80 offered by Ms. Pingree of Maine: Page 35, strike line 9 and all that follows through page 37, line 13, and insert the following: (b) Certifications.--Not later than January 15, 2011-- (1) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall certify in writing to the congressional defense committees that-- (A) each of the 11 scheduled system development and demonstration aircraft planned in the schedule for delivery during 2010 has been delivered to the designated test location; (B) the initial service release has been granted for the F135 engine designated for the short take-off and vertical landing variant; (C) facility configuration and industrial tooling capability and capacity is sufficient to support production of at least 42 F-35 aircraft for fiscal year 2011; (D) block 1.0 software has been released and is in flight test; and (E) the Secretary of Defense has-- (i) determined that two F-35 aircraft from low-rate initial production 1 have met established criteria for acceptance; and (ii) accepted such aircraft for delivery; and (2) the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall certify in writing to the congressional defense committees that-- (A) the F-35C aircraft designated as CF-1 has effectively accomplished its first flight; (B) the 394 F-35 aircraft test flights planned i…”