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Floyd Spence: “I would like to assure the gentleman that we are going to revisit this question. It is a very important question. The…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 1996
I would like to assure the gentleman that we are going to revisit this question. It is a very important question. The people of this country do not realize that we are not defenders right now against intercontinental ballistic missiles, and when they find out, as they have found out, many of them, that we are not defended properly, they become very much concerned and want to know why. We are going to have hearings. At some time during this next year, we are going to point this problem up even further, and I assure the gentleman that we will go into great detail in promoting this new initiative next year.
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Floyd Spence
South Carolina
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Discussing the need for hearings on U.S. defense against intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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