John Spratt: “I want to respond quickly to the statements made about the Arrow missile defense system in the well just a few minutes…”

“I want to respond quickly to the statements made about the Arrow missile defense system in the well just a few minutes ago by my colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Weldon]. That system is being funded in this budget at $56.5 million in an account called Other Theater Ballistic Missile Systems, which is totally funded at $460 million. This $56 million compares to about $2 billion we are spending on upper-tier and lower-tier for the Navy, and Impact Three, and it is considered a theater ballistic missile defense system. It compares to $770 million. None of it is for production, procurement and deployment. That issue is yet to be reached.”