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


        NATIONAL SECURITY ACT: DANGEROUS, RECKLESS, ISOLATIONIST

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, if the Congress passes this dangerous, 
reckless, isolationist bill called the National Security Act there will 
be no need for a State or Defense Department. There will be 230 House 
Republicans who can be secretaries of State and Defense, calling the 
shots for American national security and defense policy. God help us.
  Mr. Speaker, we are debating the most radical reversal of U.S. 
foreign policy in 10 years. That is irresponsible.
  Here is what this bill does: It eviscerates the President's conduct 
and ability to run foreign policy. It brings back the billion-dollar 
star wars program at the expense of the readiness of our troops. And 
what is the threat? The Power Rangers?
  It destroys our peacekeeping ability at the United Nations, and 
Persian Gulf would not have been able to happen.
  It disrupts NATO by deciding who can join and who cannot.
  Mr. Speaker, America's allies, particularly at NATO, at this moment 
are asking if this is a joke or a bad dream, and our enemies are 
salivating.

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