Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2444) to authorize the Secretary of State to make direct loans under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 2444 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Eastern European Security Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that it is in the national security interest of the United States to-- (1) deter aggression against North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies by Russia or any other adversary; (2) assist NATO allies in acquiring and deploying modern, NATO interoperable military equipment and reducing their dependence on Russian or former Soviet-era defense articles; (3) ensure that NATO allies meet alliance defense commitments, including through adequate investments in national defense; (4) supplement existing grant assistance to key allies through foreign military financing loans, at rates competitive with those already available on commercial markets, to purchase NATO-interoperable military equipment; and (5) work to maintain and strengthen the democratic institutions and practices of all NATO allies, in accordance with the goals of Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty. SEC. 3. FOREIGN MILITARY LOAN AUTHORITY.…”