[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, it is time to stop the political games. The 
Republican leadership's failure to pass a clean supplemental 
appropriations bill is denying our troops in the field the resources 
they need to carry out their mission. The supplemental appropriations 
bill provides $2 billion to pay for our operation in Bosnia. If we do 
not enact this bill swiftly, their readiness will suffer.
  I am holding letters from Secretary of Defense Cohen, and the Chiefs 
of Staff of the Army and Air Force, which describe the effects on the 
military of the Republicans' failure to pass a clean bill. Training is 
curtailed. Maintenance is delayed. Rotations are canceled. Inventories 
are drained. Our soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen need a clean 
supplemental appropriations bill.
  Mr. Speaker, there is a time for partisan politics and there is a 
time to put it aside. But when Americans are hit by a natural disaster, 
we must act together and act quickly. When American troops need our 
help, we must do our job and do it today.
  Let us support our troops in Bosnia and our people at home. Pass a 
clean supplemental.

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