W. Weldon

Absolutely. And Democrats have been on the forefront of that in this body, as have Republicans. Our battle has not been within this Congress.

I say to Bill Richardson, tell the truth. He has been traveling around America and this city saying that when he found out, this administration, that China stole the secrets to our nuclear weapons, the W-88 and the W-87, that he took…

And we said, supports efforts to provide international assistance to rebuild destroyed refugee homes and other humanitarian assistance to victims in Kosovo.

And ours says, recognizes the territorial integrity of Yugoslavia, including wide autonomy for Kosovo, a multi- ethnic population, and treatment of all Yugoslavia peoples in accordance with international norms.

We just did not use that fancy Rambouillet word, but the content of what we said is identical to what is in number six.

And our document says, the composition of armed forces should be decided by a consensus agreement of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council in consultation with Macedonia, Albania, Yugoslavia and the recognized leadership…

And ours says, agreement on the composition of armed international forces which would administer Kosovo after the Serb withdrawal, to be determined by the U.N. five-member Security Council.

And our position on that same issue, and I will read it word for word, the stopping of NATO bombing, cessation of KLA activities, withdrawal of Serb forces from Kosovo, calls for termination of violence and atrocities. If that is not…

I agree. The gentleman's suggestion was a valid one, that we go through the G-8 document and compare it side by side to what we did just so that the American people know that what we agreed on with the Russians has now, in fact, become the…

I would just say that we could have gone that route. We could have gone into Belgrade. We could have done that as other people have done and as people are doing right now. Jesse Jackson, I understand, is over there right now without the…

Absolutely. In fact, my good friend and colleague knows my reputation. I am one of Russia's strongest critics. In fact, it was not too long ago I was on this floor offering a bill strongly opposed by the administration that would in fact…

When I introduced this bill last August, I reached out to the Democrat side. The bill had 24 Democrats and 24 Republicans when I dropped the bill in, because I did not want it to be a partisan battle. There were some in my party who…

I reject as a Member of this Congress trivializing this issue with an umbrella, because 28 young Americans 8 years ago came home in body bags because we had no system to defend against. And to say that somehow an umbrella with nothing…

I want to focus on a lesser publicized issue that I think presents for us a scandal that is going to last well into the next century. That scandal involves the underfunding of our national military and our national security apparatus…

As the gentleman knows, as a Republican and a colleague, I supported the same position he did on NAFTA, which is opposition to NAFTA, because I felt that this administration would not impose the requirements on Mexico in terms of improving…

Mr. Speaker, as we come here tonight to pay tribute to these very special people, there is really a message for our entire Nation. Mr. Speaker, that message is for all America: As we as a Nation, in our 200 years of existence, look out for…

I left Washington on Thursday and flew 22 hours to Durban, South Africa, and returned Monday to be able to be here for votes on Tuesday. The reason I went to Africa, Mr. Speaker, and to Durban, was because the African Association of…

I understand that comment, and I am not engaging in personalities, I am engaging in factual information in regard to comments made by the leader of this country in a national public forum where he basically allowed the impression to be…

My point is, this is something I did not want to have to do on the last day of the session, which should not be in this mode, but, Mr. Speaker, this is it. It is the last chance for us to speak out.

What bothers me the most is that the President's wife at that time was leading the effort to uncover the President and what he had done. And now we have a situation where the President has gone far beyond, far, far beyond the coverup of a…

I thank my colleague. First of all, we did not mention the President today. We mentioned a hearing with the Secretary of Defense, and the fact that we do want to find out, as the Secretary has said, who was responsible. What we are saying…

President Bush went to the United Nations six or seven consecutive times and had the United Nations pass very specific resolutions, and then he came to this body and allowed us to have a vote... My point is that we are not being given that…

I want to talk about that for a moment, Mr. Speaker and, through you, I want to talk to those rank and file union workers across the country who I think have been sold a bad bill of goods or, in fact, I would say have not even been sold…

I ran for office and got involved in public life because of drug use in my hometown and my county. I come from a town that was one of our most distressed communities in Pennsylvania. I was born and raised, the youngest of nine children…

I would make this point to the distinguished ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations. Is he aware that the administration has yet to request one dollar of funding for the Nautilus program, that he has told the Israelis is the…