[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H4380-H4381]
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      SUPPORT ROHRABACHER AMENDMENT TO DEFENSE 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 minutes my colleague for whom 
I

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have deep respect, the gentleman from California [Mr. Dellums], may 
call for a revote on an issue that was decided the night before last. 
If indeed this happens, I would hope that my colleagues stand firm to 
the position that we had the night before last, and that is, it deals 
with an issue as to whether or not if Russia transfers a weapon that it 
designed during the cold war, a missile designed specifically to kill 
American sailors and to sink American ships, whether or not we should 
continue to pump $200 million a year into a fund for a program that we 
are involved in with the Russians, by the way a program that has a 
billion-dollar backlog right now.
  I would hope that my colleagues think very closely on this issue. The 
gentleman from California [Mr. Dellums] is a very serious man and 
sincere, concerned about peace, I have no doubt about that, and 
concerned about his country.

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  I have a disagreement with him on this issue. I think our colleagues 
will say it is a good way to send a message to the Russians not to send 
high technology weapons designed during the cold war to countries that 
would kill Americans, and I would hope they revote the way they did the 
night before last.

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