[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 63 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
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             TIME FOR OUR ALLIES TO PAY FOR THEIR SECURITY

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the burden-
sharing amendment to the Department of Defense reauthorization bill. We 
have a chance today to cut Federal spending, to lower the deficit and 
to lower defense costs without sacrificing military readiness.
  The United States has protected Europe for the last 50 years. We 
provided our European Allies with troops and political support. It is 
now time that our allies come forward to share the financial burdens 
that are associated with this security.
  The United States is faced with a huge budget deficit, and we must 
take care of our own financial problems. If we, as a nation, are to 
continue to provide the security, and the safety and strength to our 
European Allies, and to Japan, then they must come forward and pay for 
the security that we have provided them over the past 50 years.
  I say to my colleagues, ``I don't understand the logic at a time when 
many communities in the United States are struggling with the effects 
of base closings that we continue to subsidize the defense of wealthy 
countries in Western Europe and in Japan. It's time they started to pay 
their own way instead of relying on Uncle Sam.''

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