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: Page 79, after line 23, insert the following: SEC. 241. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NEGOTIATIONS AFFECTING THE MISSILE DEFENSES OF THE UNITED STATES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) On April 15, 2013, the National Security Advisor to the President, Tom Donilon, conveyed a personal letter from President Obama to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. (2) Press reports indicate that in this letter the President proposed, ``developing a legally-binding agreement on transparency, which would include exchange of information to confirm that our programs do not pose a threat to each other's deterrence forces,'' through ``a so-called executive agreement, for which [the President] does not need to seek the consent of Congress.''. (3) The Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergei Ryabkov, stated in response to the letter that, ``the proposals of the U.S. side on the issue are quite concrete and are related in a certain way to the discussions our countries had at various levels in the past years. And it cannot be said from this point of view that the offers are decorative and not serious. No, I want to emphasize that we are committing to the seriousness of these proposals but we note their insufficiency.''.…”