[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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                 FOR THE SAKE OF ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS

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                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 27, 1994

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, after a year-long review, the Pentagon and 
administration have come to the conclusion that our nuclear forces must 
remain poised to fight an advancing Soviet army in Europe. The world 
has changed dramatically, and I had hoped for a bold policy change. We 
have instead courageously committed ourselves to stay the course, 
polish our missiles, and wrap up a few loose ends.
  The opportunity to win the peace is at hand. We should be sitting 
down to negotiate the elimination of tactical nuclear weapons and a 
mutual reduction in strategic stockpiles to levels sufficient to 
guarantee security. Thousands of warheads could be dismantled and 
create a safer, more secure world.
  How many times do we have to be able to destroy the world to save it?
  The President should ask the reviewers to redo this sad, tired, and 
deadly old position. We have never had a greater opportunity for peace 
and for stepping back from the precipice of extinction. For the sake of 
all future generations, please, Mr. President, reconsider this 
position.

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