Ronald Dellums

I have been extremely honored to serve in the Congress of the United States. My heart is full at this moment. My heart soars like an eagle at this moment. And in the course of these few hours, I have felt every emotion from laughter and…

This is really an extremely important effort on behalf of our Army and National Guard participating soldiers. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has stepped forward today with a piece of legislation that will be very important to 4,206…

Significant philanthropic efforts are under way at the Presidio where sizeable pledges have been made to the National Park Service. In addition to the potential threat to philanthropic interests, it would be difficult for the Presidio…

I would like to finally thank all the members of the staff on both sides of the aisle. For many of my colleagues who are not aware, many of these young people spent numerous weekends away from their relatives, family, and friends, in order…

There is considerable concern, I would like to say to my distinguished colleague from Colorado, at both the local level and the Federal level, that the environmental cleanup proposed by the Department of the Army for the Presidio in San…

the gentleman knows for over a decade, the quarter of a century I have been here, I have never tried to impugn anyone's integrity. It was not designed to challenge the gentleman. I am always prepared to debate on the substance. I thank the…

let us talk about where we can cut. First, our whole approach to our force structure, our readiness levels, our modernization schedule, et cetera, are all based on a bible that was generated as a result of the Persian Gulf War. Remember…

I would like to finish my remarks with respect to where we can save money. I mentioned about the time factor slowing that down, save billions of dollars, not a radical idea. Moving away from cold war weapons, saving billions of dollars…

So this is not about B-2. We have them. It is about an extraordinary amount of money. Now, as I said, the CBO costed out at $27 billion to build nine. The Comptroller, $21 billion. Let us look at the budget. Mr. Chairman, if you will…

This has not been a debate. This is a very complex issue. It takes some time to lay the basis of the foundation of the arguments on either side. But once we spend enough time laying down the basis of our respective positions, allowing us…

It would place a limit on U.S. costs for handling the expansion of NATO to 10 percent of the total cost, or $2 billion, whichever is lesser, for fiscal years 1998 through 2010. With respect to background, Mr. Speaker, Congress, the House…

Mr. Chairman, let us slow it down and think about what it is we are doing. There are 2 amendments before the body that call for a date certain of withdrawing Americans troops. The previous speaker in the well said we should not be the…

I would simply yield myself 30 seconds to say that this is a debate that takes us beyond rhetoric, and I think to use the term rhetoric is not advisable in the context of this debate. We are talking about life and death here, and to demean…

if you believe in one of the notions that one of my colleagues asserted, that people cannot move to peace because for years they have been killing each other, then we would still believe in the divine right of kings and the right of people…

I understand where the majority of this body is going on a date certain; that is the easy political thing to do. But I think we ought to be part of the educative process, and I choose to try to do that. First of all, to this notion, Mr…

I believe the gentleman is absolutely correct, he has beefed up these provisions and I think appropriately. I would be more than happy to work with the gentleman in the context of the conference to move it in the direction of the…

First of all, if we accept the argument by the previous speaker, then we would not be in the Sinai, we would not be in Korea. And if that is their position, step up to it and be real, step up to it and be consistent. But that argument is…

Mr. Chairman, when the gentleman talked about conventional deterrents, it is not in the platform, it is in the weapons. And the weapons are standoff smart bombs and precision-guided missiles. Second, remember, we do not have zero, we have…

I rarely walk into the well; I generally speak from where the ranking member and the chair speak, but I choose to speak from the well because I want to speak to each and every one of my colleagues face-to-face. First of all, for those of…

One of the administration's highest priorities is to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, particularly from Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union. The CTR program is one of the most critical parts of that…

Mr. Chairman, this is perhaps the most significant vote that Members will make on the Department of Defense authorization bill for this fiscal year. Contained in this budget is $331,200,000 to begin advance procurement for 9 additional B-2…

One very quick response to the gentleman is: The logic. Do we build up to build down. To build up we are going to spend billions of dollars and we know we are ultimately going to build down. That is the answer to the gentleman's point…

I just felt compelled to make that observation. I think that disadvantages a number of Members on both sides of the aisle, but that is just my observation, and leadership going to have to make the judgment that they choose to make…

I rise in opposition not to the substance of what my colleague is trying to do, but rather, on technical grounds. My staff and I have attempted to work with the gentleman's staff in trying to achieve some accommodation on this matter on…