[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 28, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN SUPPORT OF U.S. TROOPS IN KOSOVO

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, it is so easy for other people to come 
up and say we should stifle our voices and not speak our minds, when 
people in my district from five military bases in my district are the 
ones that will be dying over there.
  The very children of those troops that will be dying are the ones 
that go to public school with my children. The wives and husbands of 
the troops that will be dying are the ones that go to church with me 
every week. The ones that will be dying over there are the ones that I 
see every day in and out, five military bases, probably more active 
duty people in my district than anybody.
  So let us not get up here and be self-righteous and talk about how we 
do not support the troops. This is about supporting the troops. If we 
think the President's policy is wrong-headed, do not tell me we do not 
have the right to come to this floor and talk about our concerns.
  We have grave concerns. We need to sit back and look at the policy, 
refocus, and decide what is best not only for the world, not only for 
this country, but for the troops that we are sending in harm's way.

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