[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H1765-H1766]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          TAKING BACK CONTROL

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Republicans kept another 
promise we made to the American people in our Contract With America. 
We 
[[Page H1766]] passed a crime package that provides State and local 
governments the resources and flexibility to effectively fight crime in 
their communities and take violent criminals off the street.
  Today, we bring H.R. 7, the National Security Revitalization Act, to 
the floor which addresses the military and defense policies of this 
Nation.
  Under President Clinton, we have seen a drift in our foreign policy 
coupled with a dangerous decline in our military capability. And while 
the buck used to stop at the Oval Office, we have seen it passed more 
and more frequently to foreign command. A tragic example of this 
leadership void ended in the death of American soldiers on the streets 
of Mogadishu.
  Today, we offer a bill that will put limits on placing U.S. troops 
under U.N. command and it will require prior authorization by Congress, 
before American troops are used in U.N.-organized nation building 
operations.
  Mr. Speaker, while the President continues to pass the buck, our 
young men and women of the armed services end up paying the price. I 
urge all of my colleagues to support this bill.


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