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Missile Defense

Floor Speech

Date: May 6, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense


MISSILE DEFENSE -- (House of Representatives - May 06, 2009)

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Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Thank you.

I couldn't help but overhear some of the comments that have been made here. And I am compelled to respond in support of the strength that we must continue to have in the air, on the ground, our ground troops, our naval, our cyberspace efforts, which have, by the way, not been as--we continue to have our systems penetrated by folks who are not authorized to do so. And so that is going to be a fight that we have to continue.

And lastly, but not least, the Star Wars issue, missile defense. I hear folks often mention that there is no need for certain things because the Cold War is over. A lot of folks really want that to be the case, but unfortunately in the annals of human history thus far, we have always had to prepare for Attila the Hun or someone who wants to take over the whole world and do it by force. America cannot assume that there will never be another Cold War or another situation like December 7, 1941, sneak attack that we weren't quite ready for.

And so I fully support our efforts to continue to engage in research and development because we have got to continue to be, for our freedom, as a Nation--we would be shirking our responsibilities.

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