Political Quotes

“Mr. President, that letter says to the President that they will ask for the moneys necessary to modernize our nuclear arsenal; that they agree to ask for that money as part of their appropriations bill. So, then, you might say: Well, what about the President? Will the President actually, in his budget, ask Congress to ask for that money? Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a letter from the President of the United States, dated December 20, addressed to the appropriators who just wrote the letter I mentioned, saying that he, in fact, will ask for those funds in the budget he puts forth in the next few months. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: The White House, Washington, December 20, 2010. Hon. Lamar Alexander, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Dear Senator Alexander: Thank you for your letter regarding funding for the modernization of the nuclear weapons complex and for your expression of support for ratification of the New START Treaty. As you know, in the Fiscal Year 2011 budget, I requested a nearly 10 percent increase in the budget for weapons activities at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). In May, in the report required by Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, I laid out a 10 year, $80 billion spending plan for NNSA.…”