Rep. Frank Objects to Extra F-22 Funding

Marie Rietmann of WAND passed on the statement below from Barney Frank, who was leading the effort in the House to block extra funding for more unnecessary F-22s:

"Statement by Congressman Frank Concerning the Failure to Consider Amendment to Cut Additional Funding for the F-22

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Barney Frank today released the following statement about the refusal of the House Rules Committee to make in order the amendment to block additional funding for the F-22 Raptor stealth aircraft. The funding had been added to the Defense Authorization bill, over the President’s objections, by a vote of 31-30 in the House Armed Services Committee.

'I am very unpleasantly surprised that some members of the Democratic leadership, with whom I generally agree, blocked my efforts to offer an amendment that is strongly supported by President Obama. The refusal of the House to support the President’s effort to cut the F-22 is a very bad sign for those of us who would like to see budget discipline applied to the Pentagon as well as to other agencies.'”