[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3633]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     U.S. NEEDS FULL ACCOUNTING OF DAMAGE DONE TO NATIONAL SECURITY

  (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, on the policy of launching U.S. satellites 
with Chinese missiles, National Security Adviser Sandy Berger says, 
``The telecommunications industry has a tremendous need to put 
satellites up into the air, and that exceeds the launch capacity of the 
United States.''
  It is shameful that this administration's answer to the problem was a 
transfer of dangerous missile technology to a Communist government 
which has 13 nuclear missiles aimed at us.
  I encourage the President to review his budget and that he work with 
Congress to increase funding for U.S. missile and space launch 
research. Defense is not an option. The space program is not a luxury.
  The United States is the greatest technological and manufacturing 
nation in the world. Let us build U.S. rockets to launch U.S. 
satellites and spend what is necessary to maintain our Nation's 
defense.
  Finally, all Americans need to see this administration cooperate 
fully with the committee of the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox) so 
that we can have a full accounting of the damage already done to our 
national security.

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