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: At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following new section: SEC. 132. TERMINATION OF THE F 35B AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. (a) Termination.-- (1) Procurement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 or any year thereafter may be obligated or expended to procure an F 35B aircraft, including through advance procurement. (2) R&D.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwide made available for fiscal year 2013 or any year thereafter may obligated or expended for research or development of F 35B aircraft. (b) F/A 18E/F.--In accordance with section 128 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111 84; 123 Stat. 2217), as amended by section 123, the Secretary may procure an additional number of F/A 18E or F/A 18F aircraft, or combination thereof, that is equal to the number of F 35B aircraft that the Secretary planned to procure as of the date on which the budget of the President was submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2013.…”