McCain condemns appropriators for lifting RD-180 engine restrictions

By Courtney Albon / December 16, 2015 at 2:32 PM
In an impassioned speech on the Senate floor Wednesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) condemned appropriators for including language in their draft fiscal year 2016 omnibus appropriations bill that would lift restrictions on the Defense Department's use of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine -- restrictions that McCain and the Senate Armed Services Committee strongly supported. McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, promised that if the language is not withdrawn from the legislation, the issue would be a point of...

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