Jim Saxton

It is clear that in Prince Ermias we have someone who understands, and can help stabilize the entire Horn of Africa.

What makes the situation in the Horn of Africa so unique is that there is no need for a U.S. military intervention in order to establish such stability.

Ultimately, it is imperative that long-term solutions are attained--nation building and economic revitalization under condition conducive for flow of private funds, not just hand outs of humanitarian assistance.

Stability in the Horn of Africa, and especially the existence of a unified and pro-Western Ethiopia, is of crucial importance to the national security of the United States.

The reason we should pay close attention to the mounting crisis and escalating war is the vital strategic importance of the Horn of Africa to the United States and its close allies.

It was essential that we act to help stop the escalation of the crisis in the Horn of Africa, and particularly the Ethiopia-Eritrean war, if the region was not to slide further into chaos.

The Navy has two options to upgrade its radar capabilities. One is an upgrade of the SPY-1 radar. I believe that this option would meet all the Navy Theater Wide system requirements while also meeting the projected cruise missile threat…

I also note that the report discusses the availability of a prototype radar by the year 2001 to support testing of the new interceptor.

In the authorization conference report there is a large increase of $120 million for the Navy Theater Wide Ballistic Missile Defense system that we just spoke of. I believe $50 million of the increase was set aside specifically for…

I would just quickly make one final point, and that is that acts of terrorism, we know now, are not carried out in a vacuum. They are part of an overall plan to destabilize some kind of activity. I would suggest that, in this case, Mr…

We can deal with it in a very short order tonight or, having talked to leadership about this, we can go into a series of hearings on this measure to try and determine why it is that the administration is taking a position against the…

I wanted to just address this issue of high tech transfer from perhaps a slightly different point of view. I offered an amendment or I asked that an amendment be made in order by the Committee on Rules which I am terribly disappointed was…