[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: September 27, 1994]
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               CONTRACT WITH AMERICA STRENGTHENS DEFENSE

  (Mr. LIVINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, in this contract with America, 
Republicans pledge to honor the very first responsibility of Government 
outlined in the Constitution, that of providing for the common defense. 
It is a duty not well upheld by this current administration.
  Specifically, we make a renewed commitment to an effective national 
missile defense. We have no more solemn obligation than to protect 
American citizens and troops from incoming weapons of mass destruction.
  But, we also will strongly support our troops and sailors, who now 
are being deployed to too many places around the world with too little 
support and relief. We are currently spreading them too thin, and 
putting them at risk in areas of little or no national concern, leaving 
the United States vulnerable to crises which truly may threaten our 
people.
  Republicans pledge not to waste our precious resources on unnecessary 
conflicts, and to assure that U.S. troops answer only to U.S. 
commanders, rather than to U.N. or multinational command and that is a 
contract well worth honoring.

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