[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16290]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NORTH KOREA

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as a fighter pilot who flew 62 
combat missions in Korea against aggression in the fifties, Americans 
need to know that just as North Korea prepares to launch a missile 
aimed at American citizens in Hawaii, the Democrats slashed 19 missile 
interceptors from the Defense Department budget that we are voting on 
today.
  The President's failure to sternly address North Korea's provocative 
threat is extremely troubling. Added to the fact that the Democrats are 
cutting missile interceptors, I'm very, very concerned for the future 
of this country, the safety of our Nation, and the security of our 
homeland.
  The President comes across as lacking resolve. The Democrats in 
Congress look weak, and that is not a good place for America to be in. 
Wake up, America.

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