Kelly Ayotte: “I reserve the right to object. I have filed an amendment. I filed it last week. It is a reasonable amendment that both…”

“I reserve the right to object. I have filed an amendment. I filed it last week. It is a reasonable amendment that both sides have been aware of. It is one that is also germane. It is to strike funding, $380 million in funding from the continuing resolution for a missile defense program that will never protect a single warfighter. It is a medium extended air defense system. In fact, it has been called a missile to nowhere, and my amendment would transfer those funds to operation and maintenance so they could be used for our warfighters, particularly as sequestration is pending, for real purposes instead of a program we will never realize anything from, that would protect our warfighters. I reserve the right to object.”