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David Obey: “Let me say that this motion to instruct is very simple. It asks the Congress to think about the kind of threats that we…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1999
Let me say that this motion to instruct is very simple. It asks the Congress to think about the kind of threats that we will face in the future, not the kind of threats that we have faced in the past. We must be mindful of the latter, but we must be even more alert to the former. It seems to me that we have to recognize the fact that one of the largest dangers to our security interests over coming years will be a threat that comes from potential terrorist attacks using chemical and biological and other different kinds of weapons that are traditionally thought of when one thinks of war.
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David Obey
Wisconsin
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Discussing future security threats and the need for Congress to address them.

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