[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         CLOSING OF FORT McCLELLAN SEEN AS A DANGEROUS MISTAKE

  (Mr. BROWDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BROWDER. Mr. Speaker, I am asking Alabamians and all Americans 
concerned about chemical weapons and terrorism to write or call 
President Bill Clinton and urge him to save the world's only live-agent 
chemical defense training base.
  The recommendation to close Fort McClellan is a serious and dangerous 
mistake. Closure of the only live-agent chemical defense training 
facility will disrupt and degrade the ability of America's military 
forces to fight and survive chemical warfare.
  Furthermore, with the threat of terrorism on the rise, this is no 
time to deprive American civilians of the only base that can respond to 
chemical attack.
  Again, I am asking Alabamians and all Americans concerned about 
chemical weapons and terrorism to write or call President Bill Clinton 
and urge him to save the world's only live-agent chemical defense 
training base.

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