[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1767]
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    [[Page H1767]] CONTRACT WITH AMERICA: ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

  (Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, as the rock band Queen so 
gracefully put it, ``And another one's gone, and another one's gone, 
and another one bites the dust.''
  With the passage of the final part of the crime package last night, 
the Contract With America smoothly continues on its way toward 
completion by mid-April.
  But we still have plenty of work to do. Today we begin the important 
task of rebuilding our military after years of neglect under the 
Clinton administration.
  We simply cannot afford to continue on our current path, which will 
surely lead to a hollow force reminiscent of the Carter years. We 
simply cannot continue putting U.S. troops under U.N. command. We saw 
how deadly that can be in Somalia.
  And we must increase the readiness and training of our forces while 
providing them with the hardware they need to do their job properly.
  The said fact is that this administration has ignored the needs of 
the military and endangered the future of our national security. All 
that changes today.


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