I yield myself 8 minutes. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Goss amendment. On the surface this amendment seems to be an expression of compassion, human decency, and concern for those who would otherwise risk death on the high seas…

Mr. Chairman, this amendment is a slick way to avoid paying our bills to the United Nations. This amendment is a little too cute. It pulls the rug out from under the United Nations--the problem is: We are standing on that same rug. This…

If the distinguished chairman will yield, I thank the gentleman for his concerns and for his advice and assistance concerning these and other important issues in our bill that related in part to foreign affairs. Relations among the…

it is very frustrating to try to argue in the context of this bill and the important issue that gets raised by it, it is one thing for our adversaries not to listen, but it is certainly disconcerting when our ostensible friends are not…

the amendment before the body at this time is an amendment that would repeal, and I would repeat, repeal the requirement for Selective Service registration of 18-year-old men effective October 1, 1994. It does not, Mr. Chairman, apply to…

Mr. Chairman, this year the Armed Services Committee again faced the task of authorizing national defense programs in a time of continuing transition and strategic uncertainty, a period of continuing analysis and development of fundamental…

April 24, 1994 marks the passage of 79 years since the planned campaign of murder by the Ottoman Turkish government against the Armenian leadership and Armenian people. The campaign, which lasted 8 years, killed 1.5 million Armenians and…