[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  MILITARY MIGHT AND VITAL ECONOMY KEY

  (Mr. CHAMBLISS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. Speaker, we in Congress face the very difficult 
task of reigning in the national debt and reducing the size and scope 
of an overgrown Federal bureaucracy. This was a message sent to Members 
in November and it is a task I take on gladly.
  However, Mr. Speaker, as we head into this very difficult year of 
budget cuts and spending decisions, I would like to take this 
opportunity to recall to Members those qualities that have made this 
country the strongest Nation and longest-standing democracy the world 
has ever known, namely, military might and a vital economy.
  The United States has shown time and time again that its military is 
second to none. It has turned back every challenge and the men and 
women who serve are the best trained and the most committed fighting 
force of any in the world. Let us be mindful of their commitment and 
renew our commitment to the strength that has contributed to the peace 
we enjoy today.
  As for the economy, the engine that drives growth and creativity, we 
must never turn our backs on those who lie at the very heart of the 
economy, the American farmer.

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