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Nancy L. Johnson: “most Americans think that we have the ability to defend ourselves against incoming missiles. America has no ballistic…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1999
most Americans think that we have the ability to defend ourselves against incoming missiles. America has no ballistic missile defense capability. None. Today we take the right first step to address that extraordinary vulnerability. I just want to take a minute to thank my colleagues, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon), the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spence), and that band of dedicated Members who over many years now have focused on America's need for a missile defense system. It is too bad they were not heard sooner. Now rogue nations do have intercontinental missile capability. Easy- to-have chemical warhead capability. Not hard for some to reach biological warhead capability. And soon it will be nuclear. Too bad we did not hear sooner. I urge strong support for this legislation.
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Nancy L. Johnson
Connecticut
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Discussing the need for a missile defense system in response to threats from rogue nations.

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