On the recordApril 24, 1997
I appreciate the kindness of the gentleman from California [Mr. Lewis]. I would only say that I did vote for the Sensenbrenner and Brown language in committee, which does establish some accounting and some different monitoring mechanisms and does try to establish a structure to make the Russians more accountable for the rest of their participation. I would hasten to add that I hope that, if the administration certifies in August that they still think that the Russians should be a participant, then we might visit this as a Congress again if the Russians are still not performing up to the tasks that are outlined under the agreements to pay for certain things on time, which if they do not, delays the rest of the schedule and increases the cost of the space station, that Congress would have a discussion with the administration and potentially revisit this issue again.
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