Mr. Speaker, to conclude this debate, we are saying to the men and women of the Armed Services, to the men and women of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, and all those folks in big and small businesses, the 35,000 people that…

I thought I would take the well and talk a little bit about the hearing that we held today in the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development of the House Committee on Armed Services concerning the issue of missile defense. What we…

my many thanks to my friend from Delaware, I thank him so much for putting this resolution on this morning. To my San Diego colleagues, I thank them for coming together with all of us and giving some real value to this resolution. Mr…

I salute and thank my colleague for putting this resolution together and allowing us to be here today. Mr. Speaker, all of San Diego, California, all of San Diego County California, all of California, all of America was impacted on March 5…

I think the theme that my colleague and good friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), just made was a central theme that has been advanced by the side in favor of most favored nation trading status for China. It is a theme that…

I also have the same concern the gentlewoman has about job losses under PNTR. I think the amendment is an excellent one, and commend it to all of my colleagues.

But let me just say to my colleagues, we have just left the bloodiest century in the history of the world and in American history. It was one in which 619,000 Americans, or more than that number, were killed in combat. We had an incredible…

I think that is true. I think, in fact, it is a higher standard, and interestingly, when polls are taken among the American people about which institutions they respect the most, the American military is number one, because the American…

I agree to work with this gentleman and with all the Members who have shown so much concern for these folks who are Cold War warriors and veterans in practically every sense of the term. I think we realize three things on the committee…

It is two KC-135 reengining kits. So if some folks that thought they were going to get those and not are not going to get them, give me a phone call. Our office made a mistake on that. We put the items in the wrong column. But we fixed it…

Over the last 2 weeks, largely as a result of his leadership, the Department of Energy has identified a need of $370 million in required work to keep the project on schedule in fiscal year 2001. What the gentleman from Washington basically…

Mr. Chairman, I have a Navy document in front of me that I am reading that gives the state of play with these D5 missiles. It states, ``With no D5 production beyond FY 2000, available inventory will only support outfitting of 11 Trident 2…

the gentleman is correct to point out the very excellent model that was created by his amendment to transfer authority back to the site. Since its inception, the Office of River Protection has effectively managed the complex problems…

the Members of the House have already voted against the substance of this amendment. We voted almost 3-1 to add $4 billion to the emergency supplemental appropriations bill. That money was in response to a request by the services when we…

Mr. Chairman, this is a centerpiece of our strategic deterrent. The amount of money we are talking about here is less than 1 percent of the defense budget. With a growing nuclear club around the world, it is important for us to preserve…

Mr. Chairman, if one believes in strategic stability and deterrence, and I think almost every Member of the Chamber believes that deterrence has worked for the last 40 years, oppose this amendment. We have three legs to our strategic…

Let me give a response to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spratt) with respect to the dollars that are in this supplemental under the defense heading. They are there simply because your Marines, your Air Force, your Army, your Navy…

I want to appeal to all of my colleagues to pay attention to what is at stake right now. We are going to be asked by the gentleman from Michigan and several other folks to go with a motion to recommit and basically open up this entire bill…

I think every Member should be proud to vote for this conference report. I think this report is a great manifestation of our ability to work in a bipartisan manner and do something that is important for the country... because today we live…

I read the resolution. It starts out commending the troops, and of course that is the most important thing that we can do. I think we should all be involved in that. It then goes on to commend Secretary Albright and the President of the…

If this President will close the $13 billion ammunition shortage and supply adequate ammunition to our troops, I will personally join with the gentleman from Missouri in offering any type of a resolution to thank the President for doing…

I think the gentleman from Missouri would agree with me that we will have done a great service for the men and women in uniform if in fact the President says, Okay, on top of this year's appropriation and authorization for maintaining the…

It is my understanding the Secretary is currently exploring all options to modernize our air mobility forces, including the need to acquire additional C-17s. With respect to selling some of these to our allies, often the answer given to us…

I still oppose the gentleman's amendment, but I do want to let him know that that statement was in error.

First, the devil is in the details. Mr. Milosevic has burned every village in Kosovo, or almost every village, and the simple fact is that he is now going to stop burning, now that there is nothing left, is not necessarily a victory. I…