I think that makes very, very clear the point of the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spence), which was that the President had put nothing for peacekeeping in this defense bill. So the logical deduction was that any peacekeeping, absent…

let me respond briefly to my friend from Missouri with respect to depriving us of what he calls victory in this war. The war that I am concerned about, Mr. Chairman, is the next war, and I am concerned about the stocks of ammunition that…

As many Members with Reserve components in their district know, such as the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert) with March Air Reserve Base, the Nation's Reserve components currently play a very key role in our Nation's air mobility…

I want to ask the esteemed ranking member and anybody else who wants to speak on this, we have heard a number of statements about how much you love the troops. I do not have any influence with the President. The President is sending…

I just wanted to say, to get my oar in the water here, that this amendment does do what several people thought the base bill does, that is, this amendment would in my understanding immediately stop all operations in Kosovo. That is, it…

let me take back my time for just a minute. I appreciate the gentleman's intent, he is my good friend from Missouri, but the President committing to do it is another step that goes beyond the gentleman's intent. If the gentleman from…

Let me just put the playing ground where it is right now. At this point, we have in this bill a provision that makes the President come to the Congress for a supplemental instead of taking Kosovo money out of ammunition accounts, out of…

First, I want to address my friend from Washington (Mr. Dicks). When the President asked for $6 billion within a supplemental for this operation, I wanted to give him $28.7 billion. We ended up, on this side of the aisle, giving the people…

I want to thank the two authors of the report along with all the committee members who participated in it. This amendment is very strong in a couple of ways. It gives at least a temporary review to the Department of Defense for militarily…

My colleagues, let us take a look at the state of defense. That is the situation that this rule and this bill address. The state of defense is that we have a force structure, meaning an Army, a Navy, an Air Force and a Marines that are a…

Of course, there is a certain discipline and a certain structure to polygraphs that are directed to people who have access to highly secret material. And, of course, one very important point, and I know the gentleman from Indiana (Mr…

This amendment expands and I think makes somewhat more concise the polygraph provision in the umbrella Cox-Dicks amendment that was just passed. We are all concerned obviously with the losses that have been categorized before us throughout…

First, I think obviously that is a very important part of the integrity of the polygraph examination. It has to be given in a way that is fully communicated to the person who is the subject of the examination and once again that is a part…

The answer to that is I would say to my colleague that giving polygraph tests is a science that has been built up over the years. The Department of Energy, because this is such an important area, and the gentleman from Indiana has…

I know the B-2 did very well in Kosovo. Let me say why the Ryun amendment makes a lot of sense. It is for this reason. I understand under both provisions we establish a counterintelligence office. That is, of course, a must. It is a…

I would say to my friend he has raised excellent questions, that this is a subject that we need to sit down and discuss with the Secretary of Energy... If the best standards and the best science has been developed on the outside, let us…

I would say there is no sight more gratifying I think to the member of a military family, to a spouse and the kids, than to have their dad get off of that airplane or get off of that ship in the good old United States and welcome them with…

I have to protest that I did nothing special in Vietnam. I simply showed up, but I did serve with a lot of great people. I want to commend my friend for his participation in Desert Storm. I think a good point here that the gentleman made…

Let me answer the gentleman. I can tell the gentleman that I sent over a request to the services to tell us exactly what they need. I did not ask any contractors what they wanted to sell. And I did not ask any congressmen what they wanted…

let me say to the gentleman who put together this Guard and Reserve package and does it for the Armed Services Committee, the gentleman has always acted with total integrity and has always met the needs of the services. Unfortunately, we…

I say to my friend, I thank him for that compliment. When I see the gentleman from Indiana up there in the Committee on Armed Services, I see a soldier who has a great integrity and devotion to his country and to his people that he serves…

People need to know when an aircraft comes in on fire, and this is one thing I learned in San Diego watching our Federal firefighters who handle the jets out there, they have to have incredible training and great equipment to be able to…

Yes. Mr. Speaker, to answer the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Buyer), and he has made such an eloquent presentation and made a great case for increasing our national defense funding, if we do in fact come up with this money, one thing we can…

I usually ask as a first question, this question of our Secretary of Defense. I ask, ``Could you stop, could the United States of America stop a single incoming ballistic missile today should it be coming in at an American city?'' The…

the Joint Chiefs have done something this year that they have not done in a long time. I think it is because the services are desperate, they are desperate for help. The 10,000 uniformed service men and women on food stamps are desperate…