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July 10, 2001
What fellowship does light have with darkness? What fellowship does the symbol of the human spirit, the Olympic Games, have with Chinese tyranny?…
— Floyd Spence
the fiscal year 2001 defense authorization bill has been a bipartisan effort from start to finish. In May, the bill was reported out of the Committee on Armed Services on a vote of 56-1. Later in May, the bill passed the House on a vote of…
We expect the Secretary will develop a remediation plan that fully considers the recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences in order to reach an objective determination by the Secretary on whether the pile should be relocated or…
It saddens me deeply to speak of the passing of our good friend and colleague, Herb Bateman. I have known him for a long time, he and his wife, Laura. We have traveled to many places together, experienced many things together. He meant a…
Mr. Speaker, 5 weeks ago the Department of Energy informed Congress that two computer hard drives containing a large quantity of classified nuclear weapons data were missing from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and had been missing for…
Mr. Chairman, North Korea, lest we forget, is one of the most anti-American and potentially dangerous countries in the world. The administration's efforts to contain North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions by providing modern nuclear…
I rise in support of the Buyer amendment. Mr. Chairman, the Buyer amendment provides a reasonable expansion of Medicare Subvention by adding up to 13 more hospitals to the 11 already participating today. It also provides 146,000 more…
Our Nation cannot walk away from its obligation to lead our hemisphere in preserving regional stability, conducting counternarcotics operations, providing disaster relief and promoting democratic values and respect for human rights. Our…
I support our bill, the Committee on Armed Services bill, the provisions that deal with Vieques. This amendment seeks to replace them with the administration's flawed approach, as established by the agreement between the President and the…
H.R. 4205 simply removes the sunset date for the rules on the procurement of non-U.S. ball and roller bearings. Bearings remain among the items specified in title X, section 2534, as being subject to the requirements of that section.
I think many of us over the years have paid a lot of attention to South America, our friends and neighbors down there, but not as much as we should have. I remember the time when South America had many countries controlled by the military…
on May 10, the Committee on Armed Services reported this bill, H.R. 4205, on a strong bipartisan vote of 56 to 1. This bill, the first defense authorization bill prepared for the new millennium, makes a good start toward ensuring that…
Mr. Chairman, we have been fighting for a long time to rebuild our military. We have been in a deep hole, and we are trying to dig out of it. This year, for the first time in 15 years, we have got a real increase in the defense budget. And…
For his service in the Vietnam Conflict, Elliott Williams received the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, three Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
He was a valiant warrior and a true patriot, who inspired many to do their best.
The conferees were particularly aware of and therefore careful to avoid changes in law that could inadvertently result in changes to existing environmental clean-up efforts. For this reason, the conference report contains a number of…
Mr. Speaker, the motion by the gentleman from Missouri speaks to an uncontroversial provision offered by the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor) and adopted by a voice vote on June 10 during House consideration of H.R. 1401. Section…
I have had a long-standing interest in seeing justice done in this case. The gentleman can be assured that I support the timely payment of compensation from the German Government in response to claims from surviving family members…
Mr. Chairman, we are in the process of negotiating a settlement of this matter. In the meantime, I would like to take this additional time to explain what we have before us today. As I said a few moments ago, this budget that we have…
The problem is, getting back to the point I was making, that the funds were not requested for. This provision is nothing new. It has been in other bills before now. Nothing unforeseen has happened because of them. As a matter of fact, as I…
Despite the strong vote on what I believe is a very good bill, our military is still confronting its most serious problem since the hollow military days of the 1970s. The committee's approach to this and previous bills has been shaped by…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4 is a 15-word bill stating, and I quote, ``That it is the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense.'' The bill is clear in its intent, elegant in its simplicity and reflects a bipartisan belief…
Mr. Speaker, we do not live in a safe world. The defense of our Nation, which is one of our fundamental responsibilities in the Constitution, is an issue that should unite all Americans regardless of ideology. Less than 1 percent of our…
Article I, Section 8 of our Constitution says that the Congress shall have power to provide for the common defense of the United States, to raise and support armies, to provide and maintain a navy, to make rules for the government, and…
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