Ralph Hall: “here we go again. Of course I oppose this amendment. I have opposed it ever since the gentleman from Indiana has been in…”

“here we go again. Of course I oppose this amendment. I have opposed it ever since the gentleman from Indiana has been in Congress. I hope I am opposing it for the next 10 years with him because he is a wonderful guy; he just has a lousy amendment. He is continuing that tradition even though the first segment of the International Space Station is already in orbit and operational and additional elements of the station are awaiting launch from Cape Kennedy. There are so many reasons. I will just say that we are here in the annual argument again. It has been argued before time and time again. It has never passed. I think if it should pass this station to go on to the next station that we would have every hotel and every eating establishment within 100 miles of here covered by school children and university people and people across the country that know that this is the future of America. We have to have a Space Station. We need it for many reasons: medical, all types of electronic fallout, national defense. You name it; we need it. I urge my colleagues to vote against the amendment.”