[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 177 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CLARIFYING THE RECORD WITH REGARD TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
                           NATIONAL SECURITY

  (Mr. DORNAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, sometimes wild rumors float in the press 
that just come out of the thin air. The gentleman from South Carolina, 
Floyd Spence, one of our dearest friends and a Navy captain, retired in 
the Reserve, I mean an active captain in the Reserve, is the chairman 
of our Committee on National Security, sometimes referred to as the 
Committee on Armed Services.
  His five subcommittee chairmen, of which I am one, and the gentleman 
from California, Duncan Hunter, spoke for 5 minutes earlier, we stand 
behind him foursquare. This is an absolute fantasy that anybody in our 
conference, all 233 of us, to be 234 tomorrow, and 235 after the 18th 
of this month, a friend just told me, the 235 of us love Floyd Spence, 
a great leader. The military men and women across this country in every 
service, and across this world, think this is one outstanding chairman 
of our Committee on National Security. Please kill the rumor before the 
regular tabloid press picks it up.

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