| National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2013 |
May 18, 2012 |
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Rick Larsen, D-WA
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"Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of an amendment offered by Representative Johnson of Georgia that would include a finding that states the deployment of tactical weapons to South Korea would destabilize the Western Pacific region and would not be in the national security interests of the United States."
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| Prepare For Peace |
May 18, 2012 |
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Dennis Kucinich, D-OH
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"We’re preparing to go on offense against Iran, which does not have nuclear weapons and has no intention or real capability to attack the United States. We’re about to make the same disastrous mistake we made against Iraq."
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| Burma Sanctions |
May 18, 2012 |
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Joe Pitts, R-PA
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"We are working to get support, assistance and even proposing the transfer of weapons to the opposition in Syria, but yet, in Burma—a place where there are at least 500,000 displaced people in one area and some report over 70,000 new displaced people due to attacks against the Kachin perpetrated by the actions of dictators—this Administration is rewarding the regime and their brutality."
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| Personal Explanation |
May 18, 2012 |
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Jackie Speier, D-CA
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"Mr. Speaker, I was unfortunately unable to cast a vote on rollcall vote 291 on Friday, May 18, 2012 because I was tending to a family matter. H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2013 does not sufficiently address the strategic or fiscal realities we are facing and I would have voted “no” on its passage. I would not in good conscience have been able to vote for this authorization bill that forces the Pentagon to accept $8 billion that it neither requested, needs, nor wants. Many weapons programs, like upgrades to the Army’s ground vehicles, were funded not only above the President’s request but the Pentagon’s. Some programs, like Block 30 of the Global Hawk, the Pentagon doesn’t want at all. Funding for East Coast missile defense dumps money into systems that don’t work against a remote, unlikely threat. Lastly, there are not sufficient safeguards in place to ensure that we are not only funding the right programs, but receiving a fair price for them."
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