[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 62 (Thursday, May 18, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H3312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      VOTE AGAINST ANTIMISSILE SYSTEM WILL SAVE TAXPAYERS BILLIONS

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, today's edition of the New York Times on 
page A-21 has an article which I think would be very interesting to the 
Members of this House. The headline is ``Antimissile Systems Flaw Was 
Covered Up, Critic Says.''
  Now, this House is due to vote on a defense authorization bill today, 
$2.2 billion of which will go for an antimissile defense system. This 
report in the New York Times claims that the Pentagon and its 
contractors have tried to hide failures that have shown up in the 
testing of this system where the system cannot distinguish between 
decoys and the real thing.
  Now, this New York Times article points out there are allegations of 
fraud, there are allegations of a company faking antimissile tests and 
evaluations of computer programs, and that there is an elaborate hoax 
involved here.
  Save the taxpayers $2.2 billion. Recommit this legislation. Do not 
vote for a hoax. Do not vote for fraud.

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