Let me just say there is $12 billion in backlog of real property maintenance. There is a backlog in depot maintenance. We have put it off for years. The military has put it off for what they think are other priorities. The across-the-board…

this amendment takes care of a problem which for 2 years the Committee on Appropriations has worked out. There was a perception it saved a lot of money by changing the formula for retirement of the military. We find that it has not saved a…

I have talked to the gentleman at great length about this amendment, and I have a substitute to the amendment which I think would satisfy certainly me and, I hope, would satisfy the chairman, which would eliminate the extraction part of it…

let me say that one of the previous speakers talked about supporting President Reagan in Central America, and I did that. He talked about supporting President Bush in Saudi Arabia, and I did that. I opposed their effort in Somalia. I felt…

let me speak from a practical standpoint in favor of the Hyde amendment. In the last couple years we have had real problems with peacekeeping, for instance, and I have always felt that the President should get authorization from Congress…

Mr. Chairman, a few days ago this Congress in its wisdom passed a Balanced Budget Amendment. Two-thirds of the Members in this body said that ``We want to balance the budget,'' and I understand that. I realize the deep concern of the…

let me talk about the practical side of lifting the embargo and the problems I have with the U.S. unilaterally lifting the embargo. All of us have seen this tragedy unfold. Not long ago I was in Sarajevo, and I stood on the spot in the…

I was just down to Fort Campbell and saw the real property maintenance problems they are having. I talked to the wives of some of the people down at Fort Campbell, and they were telling me how they were having trouble getting access to…

let me say that over the last 15 years, the Defense Department budget has been cut by over $150 billion. I do not think anybody can match the record of cuts in defense in any other area of the government. Secretary Perry projects a $20…