[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     NATIONAL SECURITY DEMONSTRATION SET FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

  (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, to begin the markup of the 
National Defense Authorization bill this week, I want to call to the 
attention of our colleagues two significant events that will take place 
tomorrow and Thursday involving national security and threats from 
weapons of mass destruction.
  All day tomorrow in the Rayburn courtyard, we will have a full 
demonstration of one of our leading new technologies, the Theater High 
Altitude Area Defense system as well as a Scud missile, the type of 
missile that killed our 28 troops in Saudi Arabia just 7 years ago. I 
would encourage our colleagues to visit that exhibit.
  On Thursday, we will have 2,000 fire and EMS leaders from across the 
country assemble in Washington. At noon, we will have a major rally 
outside the doors of this Chamber to focus on the need for first 
responders to get full attention and focus as we plus-up money to 
respond to terrorist acts involving weapons of mass destruction 
nationwide.
  I would encourage our colleagues to visit both events and to become 
active participants in the rally and the event from our fire and EMS 
leaders from all of our 50 States.

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