[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 23 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        A LEGACY OF DEFENSE CUTS

  (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, the President's defense budget is now in, 
and he continues to slash national security. He has cut the Army from 
18 divisions, that is what we had during Desert Storm, to 10 divisions. 
Cut it almost in half. He has cut our air power from 24 fighter 
airwings to only 13. He has cut air power almost in half. He has cut 
our Navy from 546 ships, that is what we had during Desert Storm, to 
only 346 ships.
  Mr. Speaker, this President wants a legacy, but if we endorse his 
budget on national security, his legacy will be that he is the 
President that left us unprepared for war.

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