Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I would like to, first of all, thank the Rules Committee for making my amendment in order, as well as Chairwoman Granger and Ranking Member Visclosky for their hard work on this very important bill. Mr. Chairman, I offered this bipartisan amendment with my good friend and colleague, Mr. Gallagher, in support of the electromagnetic railgun, a technology that has been described as ``revolutionary'' and a potential multimission ``game changer'' for long-range land-attack, ballistic missile and cruise missile defense, and antisurface warfare. In brief, this weapon system uses magnetic fields to launch a guided projectile with sufficient kinetic energy to travel significantly farther than conventional explosive propellants. Railguns also have more lethality at range than traditional gunfire. They are considerably more cost effective. Whereas low-cost kinetic defenses run around $400,000 per round, surface-to-air interceptors and guided hypervelocity projectiles can cost less than 10 percent as much. Mr. Chairman, these technologies have matured to a point where they can provide military capabilities for the warfighter now for Army, Marine Corps, and Navy applications, addressing critical gaps in U.S. air defense against growing threats from peer and near peer competitors. Mr.…”