Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title II, add the following: SEC. 2__. ACADEMY NOMINATIONS. (a) Appointment.--Subsection (a) of section 182 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``(a) Nominations.-- ``(1) Half of each incoming class, beginning with academic year 2014, shall be composed of cadets nominated by: ``(A) The Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, by the President pro tempore of the Senate. ``(B) A Senator. ``(C) A Representative in Congress. ``(D) The Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia, the Delegate in Congress from the Virgin Islands, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegate in Congress from Guam, the Delegate in Congress from American Samoa, or the Resident Representative from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, including the Resident Commissioner and the Resident Representative, is entitled to nominate 3 persons each year. Cadets who do not graduate on time shall not count against the allocations pursuant to subparagraphs (A) through (D).…”