C. W. Bill Young: “all of us hope and pray that in the future that the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich] referred to, Americans never have…”

“all of us hope and pray that in the future that the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich] referred to, Americans never have to go to war again, whether on the ground or in the air or under the sea or on the sea. But the way the world looks, it does not look like that is going to be a real choice. Mr. Chairman, while we were on recess, there were major bombing campaigns taking place in which the United States is by far the major player in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We do not know when or where we may be called upon to deploy military forces. If and when we do, I believe this Congress under our constitutional mandate has the responsibility to provide those people that we send to war the best training possible and the best equipment possible and the best technology possible to let them accomplish their mission, do their job, and give themselves a little protection while they are doing it. This type of stealthy technology may not be ready to fly today. It is in a development process still, as every other airplane program has been and every future airplane program will be. But when this airplane flies, it will give our troops protection from the air that they would love to have.”