Norman Sisisky said "Mr. Speaker, I was startled to hear, believe it or not, that we dropped the cap on NATO participation. I think we can correct that next year. I know I will try as best I can to do that. But all in all, the bill is the right bill. It is not satisfying to everyone. I would really ask my colleagues to be sure to vote ``aye'' on the bill. The readiness of our troops, and we have spent a great deal of time on the readiness of our people with OPTEMPO and PERSTEMPO. I visited particularly Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in August and I was extremely impressed with our young soldiers and warriors there that belong to the 101st Airborne Division whose morale was extremely high getting ready to go overseas and trusting in the Congress to supply them with the materials that they want. Mr. Speaker, I implore my colleagues to vote ``aye'' on this bill." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 28, 1997

Mr. Speaker, I was startled to hear, believe it or not, that we dropped the cap on NATO participation. I think we can correct that next year. I know I will try as best I can to do that. But all in all, the bill is the right bill. It is not satisfying to everyone. I would really ask my colleagues to be sure to vote ``aye'' on the bill. The readiness of our troops, and we have spent a great deal of time on the readiness of our people with OPTEMPO and PERSTEMPO. I visited particularly Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in August and I was extremely impressed with our young soldiers and warriors there that belong to the 101st Airborne Division whose morale was extremely high getting ready to go overseas and trusting in the Congress to supply them with the materials that they want. Mr. Speaker, I implore my colleagues to vote ``aye'' on this bill.

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Norman Sisisky

Democratic · Virginia

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing a defense bill and urging colleagues to support it.

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