THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE: THE SENATE WILL COME TO ORDER.
           TODAY'S PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY OUR GUEST CHAPLAIN, THE
           REVEREND DR. JAMES E. OLSON, FAITH EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH,
           FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. AND HE'S A GUEST OF SENATOR WAYNE
           ALLARD.
           
           
           

           THE GUEST CHAPLAIN: OUR GOD, YOU HAVE BEEN OUR HEARTS' TRUE
           HOME IN ALL GENERATIONS. FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING YOU
           ALONE ARE THERE AND SINGULARLY SOVEREIGN. WE ARE NOT. OUR
           HEARTS ARE FRAGILE AND WEAKENED BY FEARS. OUR LIVES, EVEN IN
           THEIR PRIME, ARE WEIGHTED WITH LABOR AND SORROW. WE, THEREFORE,
           TURN TO YOU FOR THE STRENGTH BEYOND OURSELVES THAT IS NEEDED
           TODAY. INSTILL IN THE WOMEN AND MEN OF THIS SENATE, WHOM YOU

           HAVE ENTRUSTED WITH HIGH RESPONSIBILITY, AN INTENSITY THAT
           KEEPS ON CARING. GRANT THEM WISDOM FOR SOUND JUDGMENT IN THE
           FACE OF CONSTANT CPLEXITY. PROMPT CONSIDERATE WORDS THAT THEY
           MAY RELATE TO EACH OTHER RIGHTLY THIS DAY, THAT THEY MAY
           ENCOURAGE LOVED ONES AND STAFF AT THE CLOSE OF THE DAY, AND
           THAT THEY MAY PRESENT TO YOU A HEART OF WISDOM ON THE LAST DAY.
           LET YOUR FAVOR BE UPON THIS SENATE IN DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND
           DO CONFIRM FOR THEM THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS "THAT WE MAY LEAD A

           TRANQUIL AND QUIET LIFE IN ALL GODLINESS AND A DIGNITY. IN THE
           STRONG NAME OF OUR LORD. AMEN.
           
           TEM THE DISTINGUISHED SENATOR FROM COLORADO IS RECOGNIZED. --
           

           THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE: THE DISTINGUISHED SENATOR FROM
           COLORADO IS RECOGNIZED.
           

           MR. ALLARD: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY WELCOME
           THE GUEST CHAPLAIN TODAY. DR. JAMES OGILVIE, WHO IS FROM MY
           HOME STATE OF COLORADO. I WANT TO ALSO THANK DR. LLOYD OGILVIE
           FOR HIS GRACIOUSNESS AND WELCOME HIM HERE TO THE SENATE. I
           THINK WE'RE BLESSED TO. I WOULD SAY THIS. JOAN, MY WIFE, AND I
           ARE BOTH BLESSED THAT WE HAVE INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS BOTH HERE
           IN WASHINGTON AND BACK IN MY HOME STATE OF COLORADO. DR. LLOYD

           OGILVIE IS SOMEBODY WHO WE REALLY RESPECT AND VALUE AND LOOK TO
           HIM FOR OUR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP. DR. JAMES OLSON IS NOT ONLY A
           SPIRITUAL LEADER FOR MY WIFE AND I IN COLORADO, BUT THE FAMILY.
           I JUST WANT TO STATE IN A PUBLIC MANNER HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE
           HIS LEADERSHIP AND HOW MUCH AS A FAMILY WE APPRECIATE WHAT HE
           DOES FOR US. HE'S NOT ONLY PERSONALLY SERVED THE ALLARD FAMILY,

           BUT HE HAS PERSONALLY SERVED THE COMMUNITY OF FORT COLLINS,
           COLORADO. HE'S TAKEN AN ACTIVE PART IN THAT COMMUNITY AS A
           RELIGIOUS LEADER. IN HIS SERMONS IN THE FAITH EVANGELICAL FREE
           CHURCH OF FORT COLLINS, HE HAS BEEN A LEADER ON AFFAIRS BEFORE
           OUR COUNTRY. AND I THINK HE'S BEEN A VOICE OF REASON FOR THE
           CONGREGATION AND ONE OF BALANCE. I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED HIS

           MESSAGE ON SUNDAYS WHEN EVER WE'VE ATTENDED HIS CHURCH. I THINK
           THAT HE HAS STRENGTHENED THE SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY IN FORT
           COLLINS, AND PARTICULARLY THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT
           TO RECOGNIZE IN A PUBLIC WAY ALL HIS LEADERSHIP IN COLORADO,
           AND PARTICULARLY HIS COMMUNITY. I THINK HE TYPIFIES THE
           LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY OF MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY
           PASTORS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS. SOMETIMES I DON'T THINK WE
           RECOGNIZE THEM LIKE WE SHOULD. THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF

           WHAT GOES ON IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF
           WHAT AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT. IT'S WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PLEASURE
           THAT I WELCOME DR. JAMES OGILVIE TO THE SENATE AND LET HIM KNOW
           HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HIS PRAYER THIS MORNING AND WISH BOTH
           HIS WIFE, CAROL, AND HIM THE VERY BEST. I'M GLAD THAT THEY
           COULD TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR RELIGIOUS LIVES TO COME TO
           WASHINGTON AND BE A PART OF THE SENATE TODAY. MR. PRESIDENT,
           THIS MORNING THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF
           
           MORNING BUSINESS UNTIL 11:00 A.M. FOLLOWING MORNING BUSINESS,

           THE SENATE WILL RESUME CONSIDERATION OF S. 4, THE SOLDIERS,
           SAILORS, AIRMEN AND MARINEERS BILL OF RIGHTS OF 1999.
           
           AT 12:00 NOON THE SENATE WILL
           
           RECESS UNTIL 2:15 TO ALLOW THE WEEKLY PARTY LUNCHEONS TO MEET.
           FOLLOWING THE LUNCHEONS THE SENATE WILL RESUME CONSIDERATION OF
           S. 4, WITH AMENDMENTS EXPECTED TO BE OFFERED AND DEBATED. ROLL
           CALL VOTES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT TODAY'S SESSION, AND MEMBERS
           WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE VOTING SCHEDULE WHEN IT BECOMES
           AVAILABLE. I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR ATTENTION. I YIELD

           BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER, THE LEADERSHIP
           TIME IS RESERVED. UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER, THERE WILL BE NOW A
           PERIOD FOR THE TRANSACTION OF MORNING BUSINESS FOR NOT TO
           EXCEED
           
           BEYOND THE HOUR OF 11:00. UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER, THE SENATOR
           FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, MR. SMITH, IS RECOGNIZED FOR UP TO 20
           MINUTES.
           

           MR. SMITH: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK
           UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ONE OF MY STAFF, MR. JIM DAHONEY, BE
           GRANTED FLOOR PRIVILEGES DURING MY REMARKS THIS MORNING.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
           

           MR. SMITH: MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S PERHAPS -- AS PERHAPS PRESIDENT
           REAGAN WOULD SAY, HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION NOW
           ON THE VERGE OF MAKING COMMITMENTS OF AMERICAN FORCES IN
           ANOTHER 9-1-1 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT THE
           APPROVAL OF CONGRESS. AS WE SIT AND STAND HERE THIS VERY
           MORNING, WE ARE POISED FOR AIRSTRIKES AGAINST A SOVEREIGN
           NATION -- THE SOVEREIGN NATION OF YUGOSLAVIA. GIVEN THE

           APPARENT FAILURE OF THE TALKS IN FRANCE REGARDING THE ISSUE OF
           THE PEACEKEEPING FORCE, THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY THAT
           AIRSTRIKES MAY BE IMMINENT AND THAT AMERICAN FORCES, AS PART OF
           A U.N. FORCE, MAY VERY WELL BE COMMITTED INTO KOSOVO. I WOULD
           VENTURE TO SAY THAT MANY AMERICANS WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO
           FIND KOSOVO ON A MAP. YET, HERE AGAIN, OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS
           ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR THIS

           ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT AN ACT OF CONGRESS OR WITHOUT ANY
           DECLARATION OF WAR, PUTTING AMERICAN FORCES IN HARM'S WAY ONCE
           AGAIN. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS VERY, VERY DISTURBING. I'VE
           SPOKEN OUT IN THE PAST ON THIS. I SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE BOSNIA
           OPERATION, AND I'VE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST HAITI AND SOME OF THE
           OTHERS. BUT THIS, MR. PRESIDENT, IS THE LAST STRAW FOR ME. I'M
           GOING TO INTRODUCE A BILL LATER ON TODAY TO ENSURE THAT
           CONGRESS EXERCISES ITS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF APPROVAL BEFORE

           THIS ADMINISTRATION COMMITS US TO AN ACT OF WAR AGAINST A
           SOVEREIGN NATION. WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING OFFENSIVE MILITARY
           ACTION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
           THERE OUGHT TO BE ANY TROOPS IN ANY SOVEREIGN NATION UNLESS
           THERE'S AN ACT OF WAR OR, IF NOT THAT FAR, AT LEAST AN
           AUTHORIZATION, SPECIFICALLY GRANTED BY CONGRESS. SO I WILL BE
           INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION LATER ON TODAY THAT SAYS THERE WILL BE
           NO TROOPS COMMITTED IN ANY FORCE OF ANY KIND WITHOUT A SPECIFIC

           AUTHORIZATION FROM THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. I'M GOING TO
           CALL ON MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN THIS EFFORT BEFORE WE AGAIN
           GET EMBROILED INTO ANOTHER LONG-TERM CONFLICT THAT IS NOT IN
           THE U.S. INTEREST. I WANT TO MAKE A FEW POINTS ABOUT IT. MR.
           PRESIDENT, AT THIS POINT I WOULD ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
           REMARKS THAT I'M GIVING HERE THIS MORNING BE PLACED IN THE
           RECORD NEXT TO THAT RESOLUTION WHEN THE RESOLUTION IS
           INTRODUCED.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
           

           MR. SMITH: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS ADMINISTRATION
           APPARENTLY HAS NO CONCERN, THINKS NOTHING OF COMMITTING AN ACT
           OF WAR WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL APPROVAL. COMMIT TROOPS
           FIRST, COME TO US LATER AND ASK FOR OUR SUPPORT. ON THE
           CONTRARY, IF YOU REMEMBER PRESIDENT BUSH DURING THE PERSIAN
           GULF WAR -- A VERY RISKY MOVE ON THE PRESIDENT'S PART. HE
           WANTED TO GO INTO IRAQ. HE WANTED TO STOP IRAQ FROM MOVING INTO

           KUWAIT. AND HE CAME TO THE CONGRESS AND A SPLIT CONGRESS, A
           DIVIDED SENATE, THAT VARIED BY FOUR OR -- BY JUST FOUR OR FIVE
           VOTES GAVE HIM THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. BUT HE CAME HERE. HE TOOK
           HIS CHANCE. HE DID THE RIGHT THING. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING NOW.
           WHILE THIS BODY HAS BEEN WRESTLING WITH IMPEACHMENT
           PROCEEDINGS, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION --
           PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ADMINISTRATION -- HAS BEEN PREPARING TO
           WAGE WAR WAR. I WANT TO REPEAT THAT. WE WERE TIED DOWN IN THIS
           PLACE FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPEACHMENT OF

           THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND WHILE WE WERE DOING
           THAT, THE SAME PRESIDENT THAT WAS NEARLY REMOVED FROM OFFICE
           WAS PREPARING TO WAGE WAR AGAINST A SOVEREIGN NATION WITHOUT
           CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS, MR.
           PRESIDENT, AND I'M NOT GOING TO STAND BY ANY LONGER AND BE
           SILENT ON THIS. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS CRAFTED A PLAN TO FIX
           THE INTERNAL PROBLEMS OF A SOVEREIGN STATE. ARE THESE PROBLEMS
           SEVERE?
           IS THERE HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE THINGS GOING ON THERE?

           ARE THERE HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE THINGS GOING ON?
           YES, OF COURSE THERE. AND IT PRECEDES THEN TO HOLD A SO-CALLED
           PEACE CONFERENCE WHERE IT THREATENS TO USE LETHAL FORCE AGAINST
           A SOVEREIGN STATE IF THEY DON'T ACCEPT THE DEAL. THE TWO
           PARTIES AREN'T EVEN INTERESTED IN AN AGREEMENT. THEY STILL WANT
           TO FIGHT. THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IN THAT REGION OF THE WORLD
           FOR CENTURIES. SO WE JAM AN AGREEMENT DOWN THEIR THROATS. THE
           ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T SOLVE A PROBLEM WHEN WE DO THIS. AND AT

           BEST, WE'RE DELAYING THIS. AND HERE COME U.S. FORCES AGAIN IN
           HARM'S WAY, WITH NO WORD FROM CONGRESS. NOTHING. BEFORE WE SEND
           OUR TROOPS TO ANOTHER DANGEROUS PART OF THE WORLD, WHICH THIS
           PRESIDENT SEEMS PRONE TO DO, FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WE HAVE
           A SACRED RESPONSIBILITY TO THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO CONSIDER THE
           RISKS OF THIS. WE DIDN'T FIGHT AND WIN THE COLD WAR SO THAT THE
           AS THE SOLE REMAINING SUPERPOWER IN THE WORLD WE SHOULD GET
           BOGGED DOWN IN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF

           AMERICANS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN?
           DIDN'T WE LEARN FROM SOMALIA?
           A TOTAL DISASTER IN SOMALIA. INNOCENT LIVES KILLED BECAUSE WE
           COULDN'T EVEN GET ENOUGH SUPPORT TO GET A TANK OR AN ARMORED
           VEHICLE IN TO HELP PEOPLE TRAPPED DOWN BY A BUNCH OF
           TERRORISTS, COMMON CRIMINALS. WE HAD TO DEPEND ON ANOTHER
           NATION TO GET SOME ARMORED VEHICLES IN TO GET THEM OUT. THAT'S
           WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION DID IN SOMALIA. AND BEFORE ANY
           DISCUSSION OF SENDING THE AMERICAN MILITARY TO KOSOVO CAN

           BEGIN, WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES WHETHER THIS SITUATION AFFECTS
           AMERICA'S INTERESTS. AND IT DOESN'T. WHERE IS EUROPE?
           KOSOVO IS AS MUCH A PART OF YUGOSLAVIA AS NEW HAMPSHIRE IS OF
           THE UNITED STATES. WE'RE DICTATING UNDER THE THREAT OF AMERICAN
           MILITARY ACTION THE INTERNAL POLICY OF YUGOSLAVIA, A POLICY
           THAT I DESPISE, THAT I HATE, THAT I'M UPSET ABOUT. BUT DO WE
           HAVE THAT RIGHT WITHOUT AN ACT OF WAR OR SOME AUTHORIZATION
           FROM CONGRESS?

           WE MAY NOT LIKE IT. IT MAY BE HORRIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT A REASON
           TO GO TO WAR. SHOULD WE GO TO WAR IN ZIMBABWE OR SOME OTHER --
           ETHIOPIA OR SOME OTHER NATION WHERE SOME OTHER PROBLEMS ARE
           OCCURRING THAT WE DON'T LIKE?
           WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?
           THE ADMINISTRATION TELLS US THAT WE MUST BECOME INVOLVED IN THE
           INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF A SOVEREIGN NATION TO SPREAD -- TO STOP THE
           -- TO SPREEVENT THE SPREAD OF THIS CONFLICT IN THE NEIGHBORING
           NATIONS, INCLUDING PERHAPS NATO MEMBERS. IT MOVES MEANT TO

           SCARE US INTO RESOLVING THE CONFLICT WITH THE AMERICAN
           MILITARY. THIS ARGUMENT IS FALSE AND OBSCURES THE REAL INTEREST
           OF PLACING TROOPS ARISK IN AN AREA OF THE WORLD WHERE WE HAVE
           NO REAL INTEREST TO JUSTIFY DIRECT INTERVENTION. FRANKLY, I'M
           TIRED OF IT. I'M TIRED OF RISKING AMERICAN LIVES WHEN WE DON'T
           HAVE AMERICAN INTERESTS AT STAKE. THE PRECEDENT WE WOULD BE
           SETTING BY INTERVENING IN KOSOVO IS MORE DANGEROUS TO AMERICAN
           INTERESTS THAN THE SMALL RISK THIS CONFLICT IS GOING TO SPREAD
           SOMEWHERE. WHAT OTHER TROUBLED BALKAN REGION WILL WE GO TO NEXT?

           MONTENEGRO?
           MACEDONIA?
           WHERE DO WE STOP, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE WAS A LETTER IN THE
           WASHINGTON ON FEBRUARY 20 WRITTEN BY A NAME OF ALAN DRAGNICH.
           HE SAID -- QUOTE -- "WE ARE THREATENING TO BOMB THE SERBS
           BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT AN AGREEMENT WHICH WE HAVE
           CRAFTED TO RESOF A DOMESTIC CONFLICT INSIDE YUGOSLAVIA AND TO
           PERMIT THE ENTRANCE OF NATO TROOPS TO ENFORCE IT." THAT'S WHAT

           THIS IS ABOUT. "MORE SERIOUS," "HE SAYS, "IN THE LONG RUN WILL
           BE THE PRECEDENTS WE WOULD BE CREATING. OUR ACTIONS WOULD
           PROVIDE ARGUMENTS TO JUSTIFY POWER, TO PERVADE SOME COUNTRY IN
           SEARCH OF POWER FOR A MINORITY. THIS COULD BE ARAB STATES
           PERHAPS IN AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA OR CHINA SEEKING TO TAKE OVER
           TAIWAN."
{END: 1999/02/23 TIME: 10-45 , Tue.  106TH SENATE, FIRST SESSION}