[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4119-H4120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ON NATIONAL SECURITY

  (Mr. HUNTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I might just say to the gentlewoman who just 
spoke that my understanding is that this special tax break that the 
Democrats are complaining about was slipped in by a Democrat. So I 
think that is where the investigation would lead.
  Let us get back to something that is very important to this country. 
These are two models of what is known as ``brilliant eyes.'' That is 
important to everybody who is concerned about national security. That 
means that if Saddam Hussein launched a missile on our troops in 
theater in the Middle 
[[Page H4120]] East, these systems could pick up that launched missile, 
could relay the information back to either an American ship or American 
theater antimissile forces and they could launch a missile like we 
launched the Patriots against the Scuds that occurred in desert Storm. 
They could launch a missile at the incoming ballistic missile and knock 
it out of the sky before it damaged American troops or American 
equipment.
  These are on display in 2118 Rayburn. We have an SDI exhibit on 
display today. I would urge all Members to come down and look at the 
emerging technology we are building for missile defense.


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