[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SUPPORT ROHRABACHER AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION BILL

  (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, in a few moments we will be discussing 
on the floor the foreign relations authorization bill. The first vote 
today will come in a few moments after that, when this body will vote 
on an amendment that I have proposed.
  The Rohrabacher amendment is very simple. Russia, who is the 
recipient of $95 million of foreign aid from the United States, has 
developed a deadly new missile whose purpose is to kill American 
sailors. It is a supersonic cruise missile that is almost impossible to 
defend against, which skims along the ocean at supersonic speeds and is 
designed to attack Aegis cruisers and American aircraft carriers. It 
will cause havoc in the Straits of Hormuz, in the Straits of Taiwan. It 
will lead to situations where our sailors in great numbers, tens of 
thousands of them, will be vulnerable to be killed by this weapon.
  The Russians now are proposing to transfer this weapons system to 
China. My amendment says if they do that, we should cut off the aid 
that we are giving to Russia. It is that simple.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask for support for the Rohrabacher amendment.

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