C. W. Bill Young

I support the realistic approach of the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Livingston) to this whole issue dealing with Section 907.

I intend to support it, because I think it is appropriate that we make sure that whatever goes into the defense appropriations bill actually deals with national defense. So I have no problem with that. In fact, I do support it. But I…

I hope the gentleman knows that we do support this program, despite the fact that it was not included in the President's budget. We did provide some $11 million for the program. We intend to support this program in conference. ... I…

we agree that the Department of Defense should follow the law and obey the law. We appreciate the gentleman calling this to the attention of the House. We accept the amendment.

Before I do that, I want to recognize two members of this subcommittee. This will be the last time that they will serve on this subcommittee and be part of this bill, and that is our colleagues the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. McDade)…

I am going to support with enthusiasm the Traficant amendment. To lose the war against drugs is tragic, but to surrender to the war on drugs without even launching a fight is just inexcusable. I think that while it might be different than…

Mr. Speaker, I would have to say this is an exciting moment. This legislation, we have worked long and hard to get it in a condition that everybody could support. The basic idea here is that it extends the authorization for the National…

I wanted to thank him for reading from James Madison. That is what I was trying to say, but I would have to admit and concede that James Madison said it far more eloquently than I did. But we are saying the same thing. Congress and the…

Mr. Chairman, we have embarked on one of the more significant debates this Congress will have in this 2-year period, maybe one of the more significant debates that we can have because we are trying to find a way to resolve concerns we all…

I would say that we agree completely with what this amendment is trying to accomplish. We do have a little concern about how this language might fit in with the President's signing of the bill. But we do appreciate the gentleman making…

Mr. Chairman, several questions have been raised that really have not been answered. The question about how many B-2's does the Pentagon want or did the Pentagon want, I remind my colleagues that in the beginning of the B-2 program, the…

I have not yet heard the other side, those in opposition, who are so strong in their opposition to this plane, what they figure we would use if we did not have this plane. I know there has been some talk of possibly another kind of bomber…

As the gentleman knows, in each of the last 4 years, the subcommittee has supported additional funding to maintain the full fleet of B-52's. But I am sure that he is also aware that the Senate has included additional funds to keep all 94…

We are pleased to bring before the committee today what I think is an outstanding bipartisan national defense appropriations bill. The security of our Nation and the protection of our troops and those who serve in uniform should be…

as the gentleman and I have discussed earlier, we are happy to accept this amendment as we did last year, and the new issue that he raises I think is a legitimate issue. We would be more than happy to address it during the conference.

my suggestion is, and it is something that I suggested earlier, that we set a specific amount of time, have it managed and controlled by the proponents and the opponents, so we can get to the end of this debate sometime today.

I just wanted to say, Mr. Chairman, that it is obvious to me that the sponsors of this amendment, as well meaning as they are, have not read our report because in this report we explain how we cut over 200 programs from this bill, which…

What is not mentioned in those debates is that we have an all-volunteer force. Unlike the Russians, unlike the Soviets had, unlike the Iranians, unlike the Chinese, unlike the North Koreans, we have an all-volunteer force. We pay the…

what I was trying to say was the gentleman stood there just a few minutes ago and said no one came to the floor to talk about any weapons systems that were terminated or cancelled or stopped. That is not true. Because just a few minutes…

Every year since 1987, the VA medical and prosthetics research appropriation has been supplemented by funds transferred to the VA under a cooperative agreement between the DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The DOD-VA cooperative…

I know firsthand the feeling and frustration of people that lose their homes because of natural disasters, and in this case floods. Also, I would say that the needs of the Army and the Navy and the Air Force and the Marine Corps and the…

I would respond that the subcommittee made every effort to offset all of the defense supplementals for the Bosnian deployment from funds from the Department of Defense. We did that successfully. We were extremely careful to look at…

I think this might be a good time to address this issue that we heard all last year, and we are hearing it again now, that we are talking about things that the Pentagon does not want. That is not true. I want to unroll this scroll sometime…

I just think it is time now to get real about what it is that we are doing and what it is we are talking about. We've heard all of the facts and figures being thrown out. This $2 billion cut will have the effect of reducing this budget…

I would respond and say we certainly understand the importance of CORPS SAM. We also know there are some difficulties in the program because of the international participation in the program, where it is unclear if some of the sponsors or…