Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5136, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. This is a strong, bipartisan bill; and as chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, it has been a pleasure working with Chairman Skelton and Ranking Member McKeon, as well as the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Turner, and members of the committee in crafting this measure which provides our men and women in uniform with the tools to address some of the most pressing strategic threats to our national security. Members of our subcommittee are acutely aware that we are racing against time to secure vulnerable nuclear materials and prevent nuclear terrorism and that we must deter nations like Iran from developing nuclear weapons. We must also protect ourselves, our deployed forces and our allies against the growing threat of attacks from ballistic missiles, particularly from expanding stockpiles of short- and medium- ranged rockets, as well as being mindful that both Iran and North Korea are pursuing development of ICBM capabilities. So our bill invests in maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear deterrent, providing an effective missile defense against the most likely and immediate threats, and protecting our national security space and intelligence assets.…”