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Scott Gordon Perry is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Perry has been active in various legislative efforts, focusing on issues such as border security and law enforcement funding. He has been vocal about his opposition to policies he perceives as undermining these areas, often criticizing the Democratic Party's stance on immigration and law enforcement.
I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chair. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 100, after line 17, insert the following new section: Sec. 541. None of the funds made available by this Act…
Increased natural gas exports could also put into action the Obama administration's stated foreign policy goal of a pivot to Asia.
It seems to me in some ways that the State Department is living in some altered state of reality.
Phase three of the European phased adaptive approach envisions the deployment of the AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense System and advanced SM-3 Interceptors.
While the threat of an EMP event is real, I believe we need to use scientific, risk-based, and frankly, common-sense plans and exercises to give us a clearer picture of how to prevent and respond in the event of an EMP incident.
My hope is that this hearing will be successful in educating the public on the threat of EMP and will alleviate some of the fears that people have on EMP attacks.
As Vice Chairman of this subcommittee, I am honored and privileged and pleased to chair this important hearing on the threat and consequences to our Nation's critical infrastructure from electromagnetic pulse, EMP.
I want to commend Congressman Franks for his leadership. I don't think any Member of Congress knows this issue more than he does.
I think that a drastic change like what is proposed here can have a huge impact on a program that has worked effectively since 2002.
I want to say that everybody must sacrifice, and the Reserve component is no different in that regard.
We cannot defend the American way of life--which, importantly, includes our liberties--by surrendering that way of life.
We could never be defeated by them--but we could voluntarily surrender to them . . . and we must not.
Boston Strong is not a form of hubris or arrogance or naivete--but a form of pride and defiance and resilience.
Certainly you and I can both attest to this. It is a sensitive, it is a controlled item. And from day one, you learn the very harsh reality that you do not ever, ever misplace your weapon. There are very serious penalties for misplacing…
If the gentleman would yield, I am just curious--you have spent more time here than I have--what was the impetus for the current law which restricts DOD and commanders, as an installation commander myself, from exacting our own authority…
Well, as an officer, I qualified with a .9 millimeter, but of course everybody qualifies at some point M16, or an M4 now.
So based on this, how should our great ally Israel--how should the people of Israel view us, knowing that this is happening and knowing that no one outside these four walls right now is talking about this? How should they view us?
Recently recorded in political dialogue was a statement about one of my colleagues somehow feeling that his military service ``entitled him to a seat in Congress.'' Mr. Speaker, no one in the military feels that their service entitles them…
It seems that Mr. Putin continues to propagate the myth that Russia does not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations.
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