Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce the Commercial Space Transportation Competitiveness Act of 1999.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the Eastmont Computing Center, located in East Oakland, California, on its grand opening.

OCCUR created the Eastmont Computing Center (ECC) to serve as a community resource on information technologies in order to provide universal computer and Internet access and employment focused training to Oakland citizens.

It came as a pleasant surprise.

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

the perpetrators of these terrorist attacks have not yet been brought to justice.

The absence of swift and sure justice for the terrorists who carried out these attacks is a tragic mockery of the memory of those who lost their lives.

A terrorist attack anywhere in the world is a threat to all of us.

The greatest gift we can give to their friends and family is to bring their killers to justice.

If I had been present, I would have voted 'nay' on this amendment.

over the past decade, we have seen a horrifying increase in terrorist attacks around the world.

One of the worst terrorist attacks in the 1990s was the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I can upon our own government and the Argentine government to do everything in their power to close this horrible chapter in our fight against terror.

I rise today to honor the memory of the victims of the AMIA bombing; to pay tribute to the families of those victims, who have carried on with tremendous strength and courage; and to join them in their call for justice.

The United States, as the sole remaining superpower and the leading power in the world, has an obligation to take bold steps toward encouraging other nuclear powers to eliminate their arsenals and to prevent the proliferation of these weapons.

By eliminating our nuclear weapons arsenal, the United States can realize an additional, 'peace dividend' from which to fund critical domestic initiatives, including new programs proposed in the Administration's FY 2000 budget.

Today, the United States continues to possess around 7,300 operational nuclear warheads, and the other declared nuclear powers--Russia, Great Britain, France, and China--are estimated to possess over 10,000 operational warheads.

Mr. Chairman, today I rise to support Representative Slaughter's amendment which will add money to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).