STINGER MISSILES AND TERRORISTS

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1986
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SAL RECORD - SENATE May 1, 1986
lent a bill close to the letter of endorsement for the reform
>n. Mr. President. I ask measures of S. 2261 from Mr. David Y.
tonal be printed In the Denholm, president of the Public
Service Research Council of Vienna.
al follows: VA. The Public Service Research
K York Times. Mar. 29. 19861 Council has been a leadings rpganr'zed
sl
R: NOT FREE AT LAST
fe to widen your barge canal
dredge my harbor . In
with politics. Americans have
up with pork. Typically, the
vest Federal dollars in water
had a lot to do with deal-
tie with economic merit. Now,
Meade of stubborn effort by
the system is on the verge of
d by both the House and
sse
Lion which agBres
efforts in Congress to promote free
and open competition in the work-
place. I commend the PSRC for its ex-
cellent work in educating the public
on the reforms of S. 2261. I ask that
the letter of support from Mr. Den-
holm be printed in the REcoRD.
The letter follows:
PUBLIC SERVICI RESEARCH COUNCIL.
VA, April 23. 1986.
aa
)cal beneficiaries of improve- The Hon. GoRDON HUMPHREY,
er transport irrigation, flood U.S. Senate,
nunicipal supply will have to Washington. DC.
he expense. Neither bill is per- DsAR GORDON: On behalf of the members
ise's version, authorizing $20 of the Public Service Research Council. I
projects. is downright profli- want to express our strong support for the
cost-sharing is likely to survive Service Contract Reform Act. S. 2261, which
egislation and should progres- you introduced on March 27. 1986.
the most deplorable boondog- This is a very well crafted piece of legisla-
those it is responsive to the cocnerns of
tion.
? wasteful or environmentally who desire to retain the original
iter projects have sometimes intent of the SCA while at the same time
zed in Congress. and occasion- greatly lessening the ill effects inherent in
But the battles have had to be such laws.
t a time, and the odds against The urgent need for the government to
'e always been long. Very eliminate waste and reduce spending should uld
ongress knows that the next make S. 2261 a very popular proposal.
- attack may be his own- look forward to working with you to mobi-
Carter challenged this Cozy Iize support for this vitally important legis-
77, questioning wasteful water lation_
n under way and refusing to Sincerely yours,
nea. President Reagan has kept DAVID Y. DENxor.M,
sure, threatening vetos to en- President-
torium on all new projects until
reed to reform. Now, after a
)ut a single major new authorl-
egislators are reluctantly giving
Lssed by the Senate last week re-
half the cost of all inland navi-
truction be paid out of fuel
fees would offset up to 45 per-
costs of harbor maintenance.
xd control projects, communities
to cover 25 to 35 percent of con-
sta, with 5 percent paid up front.
sharing provisions in the House
nsiderably weaker. The House,
chose to authorize dozens of
at haven't even been declared
the Army Corps of Engineers.
istration, which originally asked
eat cost sharing. sensibly warns
_.ompromise leaning toward the
on will be vetoed.
e tough battles he ahead, some
ems assured. Uncle Sam may con-
nd water projects, including some
be justified by economic criteria.
on. however, users that reap most
mefits will bear some of the
STINGER MISSILES AND
TERRORISTS
? Mr. CHAFES. Mr. president, I am
pleased today to cosponsor Senator
DECONCINI'S legislation. S. 2286, re-
quiring strict security measures for all
Stinger antiaircraft missiles sold by
the United States. If enacted, this leg-
islation will help prevent these dan-
gerous and extremely accurate weap-
ons from getting into the wrong
hands. I would like to commend Sena-
tor DECONCINI for his leadership on
this issue, and for putting together
this Important bill.
It was revealed a few weeks ago that
rebel forces in-Angola and Afghani-
stan had begun receiving shipments of
Stingers from the United States. This
concerns me because of the danger
that some of these shoulder-fired mis-
siles, which have a range of 5 kilome-
ters, might be diverted to the black
market and become available to terror-
The Stinger-with its advanced
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May 1, 1986 CONGRES'
being delivered to the Aghani and An- tients I
golan resistance forces without the fee for
strict security requirements we place week,
on the Stingers we sell to other coun- that ye
tries, the chances are greatly increased The
that Stingers could find their way into the ho
the hands of terrorists. Our legislation dedicat
takes steps to prevent this.
The bill requires that the launcher
and missile components of each Sting-
er be stored in separate areas. Each
area must have a full-time guard and
an intrusion-protection system, and
must be surrounded by a 6-foot fence
on steel or reinforced concrete posts.
Other requirements include strict ac-
counting of the number of missiles, in-
spection by U.S. officials, protection of
information relating to the Stringer,
and a separate key system under
which two people are necessary in
order to open the storage area.
Mr. President, I see no point to plac-
ing strict security requirements on the
Stingers we send to some countries,
but not on those we send to Angola
and Afhanistan. Either we believe ter-
rorists will try to obtain this weapon
or we do not, and if we do, we must
work to thwart them. I urge my col-
leagues to consider the tragic possibili-
ty of terrorists using the best of our
military technology to shoot innocent
Americans out of the sky. With that
terrible scenario in mind, I hope they
will support this legislation.?
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MARY THOMPSON HOSPITAL: A
TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
? Mr. DIXON. Mr. President, I would
like to take this opportunity to recog-
nize one of Chicago`s oldest and most
dedicated health care facilities.
On May 12, 1986, Mary Thompson
Hospital, the city's second oldest exist-
ing hospital, will celebrate its 121st
year of service to Chicago's Near West
Side.
Mary Thompson Hospital has been,
and continues to be, an important in-
stitution in the community and pro-
dive of high-quality medi-
a
vt es
mec
cal services.
The hospital's founder, Dr. Mary to
Harris Thompson was the first female ma
surgeon in the United States and a t
pioneer in community health care.
When Dr. Thompson came to Chicago, the
neither of the two hospitals then open col
would allow women on their medical mc.
staffs, and one would not admit
women or children as patients.
Chicago, at the time, was a thriving
frontier town whose development had
outpaced the growth of its health and ?
sanitary facilities. The city was crowd- we
ed with refugees uprooted by the Civil de
War, in addition to large numbers of C
needy soldiers' wives, widows, and or- d^
phans. Consequently, there was a tre- tl
mendous need for medical care. Dr. rr
Thompson opened her lae'w hospital, ti..
called Chicago Hospital for Women se
and Children, in a large frame house ti
at the junction of Rush and Indiana ei
Streets. The hospital had a capacity of s:
14 beds and provided care for 766 pa- o
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SERVICE CONTRACT infrared targeting system and lethal
-,FORM ACT OF 1986 precision-can destroy an airplane
JMPHREY. Mr. President, on from 3 miles away, and is more ad-
t of this year, I introduced the vanced and reliable than comparable
.,ontract Reform Act of 1986, Soviet weapons. I have little doubt
At this time. eight distin- that the same fanatical terrorists who
cans
Members, Senators H.zcsrr, have recently singled out Americans
the
IQD, EASY, HEr.ass, ZORUISRY, for attack are greedily eyeing
wc, SYxxs, and GRAMM have Stinger.
ith me in cosponsoring this The delivery of Stingers to rebels in
legislation. Support for S. Afghanistan and Angola provides a
also come from private-sector new opportunity for terrorists to
tions. On April 25. I received a obtain these weapons. Since they are
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