[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E24]
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                  NATIONAL SECURITY REVITALIZATION ACT

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                        HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 4, 1995

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, on the opening day of this historic 
Congress, I take great pleasure in introducing the National Security 
Revitalization Act which implements the foreign affairs and the 
national defense provisions in the Contract With America.
  It is a great honor and privilege for me to serve as the chairman of 
the newly named International Relations Committee and I intend to 
ensure that our highest priority will be the consideration of this 
important and long overdue legislation which will ensure that we 
maintain a strong defense capability around the world and imposes 
serious limitations on the subordination of American troops to foreign 
command in United Nations peacekeeping operations.
  In addition, the bill will strengthen critically important regional 
institutions, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and will 
ensure that our participation in any future U.N. mission directly 
serves our national interests.
  Together with my good friend and colleague, Floyd Spence, the 
chairman of the National Security Committee, we will bring the National 
Security Revitalization Act back to the House floor to restore American 
credibility around the world and to ensure that Congress plays an 
enhanced role in the foreign policy making process.
  In the second session of the 103d Congress, Republican members of the 
Foreign Affairs Committee laid a solid foundation for the attainment of 
these objectives by championing key provisions in the Foreign Relations 
Act for fiscal year 1994 and fiscal year 1995 and the NATO 
Participation Act which I introduced in March of last year.
  Accordingly, I urge my colleagues to join me in cosponsoring this 
vitally important legislation.


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