House Proceeding on Jun 25th, 2009 :: 3:39:30 to 3:42:00
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John F. Tierney: for this reason, i urge my colleagues here today to support this amendment on behalf of the men and women who serve this cubtrso proud proudly. thank you, and i yield the remainder of my time. the chair: the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: i yield two minutes to mr. terry. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes.

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Speech By: John F. Tierney

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John F. Tierney: mr. terry: i rise in support of this enblank amendment, particully because it includes two amendments made in order under the rule. the bill specifies no obligated for the deployment of a long-range missile defense system in eope until the secretary of defense submits a record report to congress certifying that the proposed interceptor has been

3:40:10 to 3:40:30( Edit History Discussion )

John F. Tierney: realistically flight tested and demonstrated a high pronalt of working in an operational manner. that makes sense. in recent months, studies have been conducted by various independent scientists and has shown the radar proposed does not have enough range perform effectively. the intercept -- the interceptor's capability are

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John F. Tierney: dependent on the ability and accuracy of the radar. that's whyible it's imperative that the secretary's report to certify about the radar. the second amendment directs the jason panel, which has been providing independent scientific advice to the government since 1960 to

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John F. Tierney: conduct a study on whether discrimition capabilities sought by the missile defense are achieveable. the system has to be evaluated by its ability to differentiate between the missile and something else. furthermore, this is a big challenge.

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John F. Tierney: as dr. phil coyle, the former director of the operational test and evaluation at the pentagon, noted in a hearing we convened, shooting down an enemy missile going 17,000 miles an hour is like trying to hit a hole in one on a golf course when the hole is going

3:41:40 to 3:42:00( Edit History Discussion )

John F. Tierney: 17,000 miles. the defendant doesn't know what -- defender doesn't know what target to aim for. this report should say whether the missile defense system will be able to employ discrimination technology. i believe these will be important oversightor the