(Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission
to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
1999 Ron Paul 6:1 Mr. PAUL.
Madam Speaker, we have
troops in 144 countries of the world
today. President Clinton has announced
that he will now send troops
to Kosovo. We are bombing in Iraq on
a daily basis. We have been in Bosnia
now for three years, although we were
supposed to be there for six months. We
should not go into Kosovo; we should
not go there, absolutely, without congressional
approval.
1999 Ron Paul 6:2 I have introduced legislation that
will prevent the President from sending
troops to further expand our intervention
around the world without congressional
approval. This is very, very
important. We are spending so much
money on intervention in so many
countries around the world at the same
time our national defense is being diminished.
Worst of all, the President is
planning to put these thousands of
troops under a British commander.
1999 Ron Paul 6:3 It is time we took it upon ourselves
to exert our authority to restrain the
President in spreading troops around
the world.
