[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13328]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



AMERICAN TAXPAYERS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON OVERSEAS, WHO 
      IS PAYING FOR IT, AND HOW FAR THE MILITARY HAS BEEN DILUTED

  (Mr. McINNIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McINNIS. Madam Speaker, I was not going to address the House 
until I heard the previous speaker. I would say to the previous speaker 
that I would like to show him a poster which I am going to show a 
little later on, a very violent poster. And, of course, this company 
contributes maximum contributions to the Democratic National Committee.
  Second of all, as the previous speaker brought up, that the 
Republicans are questioning what kind of action went on in Kosovo. 
Doggone right we are questioning about that. Who is paying their fair 
share over there? Are the Europeans doing their fair share of burden 
sharing? Or once again, is it the taxpayers of the United States of 
America that are going to pay for all of the action in Kosovo, or the 
great majority of it?
  Let us not kid anybody around here. The American taxpayer and the 
American citizens want to know what business we have overseas, how we 
are paying for it, how many of our troops are in danger, how much we 
have diluted the United States military.
  Now, the previous speaker, apparently speaking for the Democratic 
Party, does not think that is any of our business. Well, I do. I think 
it is our business. We have the obligation to, number one, see what the 
mission is and how we complete it.

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