Young Oak Kim: “I rise today, as a new member of the International Relations Committee, in support of H.R. 7, the National Security…”

“I rise today, as a new member of the International Relations Committee, in support of H.R. 7, the National Security Revitalization Act. Our committee has passed this legislation and it will be on the floor next week. For too long the United States has been paying too large a share of the military tab for United Nations peacekeeping missions. This, at a time when this Nation faces its own peacekeeping concerns on our neighborhood streets with the continued increase in violent crime. I believe it is time that we control in the wild spending of taxpayer dollars on questionable peacekeeping missions abroad. It is unacceptable to ask the American people to settle for less-- through cuts in Federal programs--while at the same time giving disproportionate huge handouts to the United Nations. Many Americans are being laid off by budget cuts and downsizing in both the public and private sectors while billions of dollars go to the U.N. bureaucracy. They must stop. That is why I am in full support of H.R. 7 which will bring an honest public accounting of actual U.S. contributions to U.N. peacekeeping activities.”