John Spratt

In my opinion, if the gentleman will read the other amendment which I filed in the Record, a ground-based system includes by definitions space-based sensors. It could have ground pop-up sensors, as the gentleman knows. At one time the…

Does the gentleman know the cost of the Patriot system, all of them, from 1967 forward? He is not here to tell the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Buyer] that it was LBJ's program.

As I said earlier, one sure way of fulfilling the dire prophecies set out in the preamble of this bill in title I is to do what is called for in title II of the bill and sink huge sums of money into a so-called national missile defense…

I voted for the last particular amendment because I think that probably the theater missile defense, to reach its optimal efficiency, will need some satellite assistance to cue the missiles.

Mr. Chairman, title I of this bill professes alarm at the downward spiral of defense spending. It raises the specter of hollow forces. However, when we turn to title II of the bill, to see what it would do, we find what it wants to do is…

let me say that what we have offered here supplements, does not substitute for or replace, it supplements H.R. 2, and it does not do it in any sort of redundant or cosmetic way. We give the President some important additional rescission…

we had the Congressional Research Service do some research which I think is extremely helpful in understanding the importance of this power that we give the President to use this additional rescission authority throughout the fiscal year…

I rise to support the Stenholm-Spratt amendment, and I want to stress from the start what this amendment does not do: It does not replace H.R. 2, the bill before us. It does not even weaken H.R. 2. It adds to that bill extra rescission…

this substitute moves cautiously, more cautiously, constitutionally, than does H.R. 2, I will admit that, because it leans toward the fundamental concept of our Government, majority rule over minority rule, but it takes us a long stride…

this is a creditable substitute. Three hundred and forty-two Members of this House said so resoundingly by voting for it. One hundred and sixty-nine of those who cast their votes ``aye'' were Republicans. How did this provision, this…

I offer this as a perfecting amendment so that H.R. 5 will not apply to the regulation, to any regulation, with respect to the generation, transportation, storage or disposal of toxic, hazardous or radioactive substances. Mr. Chairman, 2…

Mr. Chairman, this is important legislation. It is time we passed it. Local governments that have limited tax bases have a right to resent it when they are imposed upon with mandates that are handed down to them from above, whether by…

We will miss a historic, major opportunity to change the way this institution of the Congress is perceived if we do not add to this rules package before us the ban on gifts from lobbyists which this House passed just months ago by an…

Mr. Chairman, this amendment would strike at a Japanese facility which is one of the most modern in the world, built in 1988, more modern than ours. We have more plutonium missing at the Savannah River site than this facility cannot…

let me just make a few wrap-up points. First of all, as to how many airplanes we buy because, as the chairman said, we have two well-considered choices before us. The committee's version right now would have us buy four a year. The…

I think it bears pointing out that the United States is reimbursed by the United Nations for most direct DOD support to peacekeeping activities, such as when we provide equipment, when we provide airlift. We are paid for that. And when we…

I rise in support of an amendment I have offered to H.R. 4301 that would authorize the President to issue posthumous military commissions to two African Americans who fell victim to racial prejudice and harassment while attending the U.S…

I wish to express my strong support for Congressman Hoyer's amendment No. 49 to H.R. 4092 to provide extra resources for Treasury Department law enforcement activities. The Hoyer amendment would authorize $210 million for each of fiscal…