[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 28505]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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THE WORLD REMAINS A DANGEROUS PLACE, AND THE PRESIDENT REFUSES TO ABIDE 
                        BY THE WILL OF CONGRESS

  (Mr. VITTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VITTER. Mr. Speaker, I continue to be amazed by the lax defense 
policies of this administration. Today our Navy has more than 200 fewer 
ships than during Desert Storm. Red China has six times our land forces 
and North Korea has developed a missile that delivers weapons of mass 
destruction to U.S. territory, and now the Clinton administration says 
it will ignore the vote of the Senate, abide by the rejected test ban 
treaty, just as they ignored H.R. 4 that calls for a missile defense.
  Despite the fall of the Soviet Union, the world remains a dangerous 
place. Yet under President Clinton the will of the Congress is ignored 
and defense spending has not even kept pace with inflation. We must 
insist that the President follow the will of the Congress regarding 
national defense; modernize our weaponry and above all, above all, 
increase pay and benefits so that no soldiers, sailors, airmen or 
Marines have to rely on food stamps to feed their families.

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