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Robert Dornan: “Let us make a pact that if, God willing and the wisdom of the voters sustaining us in our chairmanships on the election…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 1996
Let us make a pact that if, God willing and the wisdom of the voters sustaining us in our chairmanships on the election, which is 56 days away tomorrow, if we come back, whether it is President Dole--please, Lord--or President Clinton, that we will do a special order, if the first ceremonial day is too much family and friends or if Mr. Newt, our still Speaker and wants a day of action, on the next day, we will do back-to-back special orders. One on the 105th Congress' responsibility to not only have theater missile defense for our men and women in the field and our allies but that we will get to the job of defending the homeland of this country, even the big cities on the coasts, like Los Angeles and New York City where I was born.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California
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Discussing missile defense and a potential special order in Congress.

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