[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       SUPPORT URGED FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY REVITALIZATION ACT

  (Mr. CHAMBLISS asked and was given permission to address the House 
and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. Speaker, this week the House will take up H.R. 7, 
the National Security Revitalization Act. H.R. 7 represents a vital 
statement of priority and policy for the future of this Nation's 
military.
  H.R. 7 offers a much needed policy redirection in the area of U.N. 
peacekeeping operations. Too many Americans have experienced the 
painful costs associated with the ever-expanding peacekeeping role of 
the United Nations.
  This country has raised and trained the most effective military 
machine the world has ever known. And yet, how can we allow our sons 
and daughters to be put under inferior command and control?
  H.R. 7 restricts the President's ability to subordinate U.S. troops 
to U.N. command and control by requiring Presidential certification of 
such an arrangement and by restricting the funding required for U.S. 
forces engaged in U.N. operations.
  We owe it to our military men and women to pass H.R. 7 and resist 
weakening amendments.

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