July 12, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE H7517 union members support a balanced would reflect on the positives about ceremony, unprecedented, where a budget, 87 percent support welfare re- the United States over this weekend, naval ship, a big naval ship, 956 feet of form, and 78 percent support tax cuts but spend a little time thinking about naval cargo ship, was being named for families with children, and those this amazing vote that we just had, our after an army sergeant. The first one percentages are higher than the gen- last vote today, on the 12th of July, de- took place in San Diego where the U.S. eral public. feating a phony recommit bill with in- Naval Ship Randall Sugart was named, So union members on average sup- structions to study homosexual, quote, with his mother and father and his wife port the fundamental reforms we have marriage, unquote, when that study is presiding, and that was on May 13Ðex- been trying to enact back here in going ahead anyway. So 30 Repub- cuse me, Jefferson's birthday, April Washington over the last year at a licans, kind of threwÐwell 29 threw a 13Ðand then on July 4, the second com- greater percentage than the rest of the vote in this direction and joined Mr. missioning of the U.S. Naval Ship Gary American public. GUNDERSON so that they will be able to Ivan Gordon. Both of these army ser- So why are the labor bosses attack- have begging rights not to have Act Up geants won the Medal of Honor, fulfill- ing incumbent Republicans? Why have and other radical homosexual groups ing to the letter of the scripture St. they targeted incumbent Republicans try and wreck their town hall meetings John 15:13, greater love than this no for defeat as part of a concerted effort with rude demonstrations, and the one has that he give his life for his by the National Democratic Party to Democratic vote did not shift that friends. A biblical translation: that regain control of the House and Sen- much, 133 for the phony recommit and they lay down their life for another. ate? Well, it is very simple. They have 118 to back upÐor, excuse me, only 65Ð They begged to have their helicopter a vested interest here. They do not let me back up; 53 voted against Demo- crew get the authority to put them want to see government downsized be- crats, that phony motion to recommit, down at the crash site of CWO Michael cause that would mean the waning or and that jumped up to 65 going the Durant that ended up saving his life the loss of power and influence for other way and saying that they will go and giving up their own lives. On the those very same labor union bosses. out on a limb for homosexual marriage. night of October 3 the film was so bru- So I think it is very important for The final vote is, in this Chamber, 118 tal, a videotape on CNN, that they the average American working men Democrats in spite of the 2-day debate stopped running it by midnight because and women to realize that we are doing going with Clinton, that they are not of people crying and calling in. The our utter best back here in Washington going to sign off on homosexuals get- film, the videotape, was so brutal. to protect their interests and to create ting married civilly, although a few These two Medal of Honor winners, the a better future for America's families renegade Christian denominations that copilot and I got to meet his widow, because we are not working for the are splitting in pieces will go ahead Willie Frank, down there at Newport labor bosses, we are working for those and go through a mock marriage cere- News at the commissioning of the Gary American families, for those working mony, but 118 Democrats joined Clin- Gordon, the two door gunners, Tommy men and women, and they are the peo- ton and say no way. The one Independ- Fields and William David Cleveland. ple who are the bosses. ent from Vermont, 65 Democrats and We saw their bodies being hacked apart So with that, Madam Speaker, I ap- only one Republican, Mr. GUNDERSON, by the crowds, desecrated, dragged preciate the opportunity to stress that that is 67 people today and 2 voting through the streets, objects stuck in point and follow up on the comments present, approve of homosexual mar- their gaping dead mouths. It was a made by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. riage. There were 23 not voting; that is pretty rough scene, the roughest Amer- HOKE]. not unusual for a get-away Friday, al- icans have seen since Vietnam, Korea, f though I noticed in the Democratic list World War II, and now we have these 2 beautiful days, Jefferson's birthday U.S.S. ``GARY GORDON'' here at least 3 Democrats that were participating in the debate right up and fourth of July, when as long as The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under through recommit and the final pas- these ships are at sea and they have in- the Speaker's announced policy of May sage vote, which was only a 5-minute vited the families, the skippers of the 12, 1995, the gentleman from California vote followed immediately thereafter, two ships, they will be crewed by civil- [Mr. DORNAN] is recognized for 60 min- and they ditched, I will give them the ians, to come on board at any time. utes as the designee of the majority benefit of the doubt, jump in a car and I saw them invite Gary Gordon's two leader. speed off to National Airport or Dulles beautiful children, 8-year-old Ian and 5- Mr. DORNAN. Well, Madam Speaker, to get out of town. But it looks very year-old Brittany, to come on board I guess it is clear for the whole world suspicious. any time to see this massive ship sit- to see there will not be an hour special So there is the vote: 23 absent, 2 ting next to our newest supercarrier, order by the Member from Massachu- present, 67 with only one Republican, the U.S.S. Stennis, named after a U.S. setts followed by my special order. Mr. the sole Independent who usually votes Senator who was alive when the ship FRANK told me earlier in the week that in caucuses on the other side of the was commissioned, got to see a ship he was going to critique my point of aisle, and 65 Democrats saying homo- with his name on it when he is alive, personal privilege from this well on sexual marriage is OK. On our side 224 the biggest moving object on the plan- June 27, and I said, ``Well good I'll be Republicans out of 225 voting, and 118 et Earth. there to critique your hour with my Democrats, for a total of 342, say no These two big ships sat there, the hour,'' because I said I would keep fo- way to homosexual marriage. Stennis and the Gary Gordon, and Gold- cused on the truth and I was not going So, it looks like my opening remarks en Knight or Special Forces paratroop- to let go of this crude attempt which in the well June 27, when, as I recall, I ers came in, one from each service with we saw again last night late and on the said: American flags flying off their para- floor this morning and early afternoon Mr. Speaker, I now move out into the chute gear, and landed. There was a to brand anybody who thinks there is evil mind fields of political correctness small parade of World War II vehicles something wrong with homosexual be- alone, but I pray and hope not alone on that went up the ramp onto the Gary havior as a bigot, as a hater, and, as this uncomfortable issue of homo- Gordon, which will be a prepositioned Mr. CANADY of Florida pointed out, sexuality. Well, it looks like I am not ship with enough armored vehicles, they added about 15 more sleazy words alone. Fifteen days later, on the 12th of backup vehicles, Humvees, trucks, that we could have spent all day long July, 1996, 342 souls have joined me tankers, supplies, ammunition to sup- taking peoples' words down to contest. with varying degrees of commitment to port a third of the division. I would like to tell any people that principle and Judeo-Christian ethics. A full Army brigade will be ready to came to visit us in the gallery today, Now to that positive note: On July 4, go at sea anywhere in the world to pro- through the Chair, that I will return to I had the honor of being invited by the tect Americans or American interests, this subject after I do something very families of Americans who lost their and M. Sgt. Gary Gordon's name; I vis- positive and upbeat to relate what I fighting men in the alleys of ited his grave last November 5 or No- was privileged to behold on the Fourth Mogadishu on October 3 and 4, 1993, not vember 4, remember as the day Rabin of July, and I would hope that people quite 3 years ago. It was the second was assassinated, and I stood at his H7518 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE July 12, 1996 grave with my son, Mark, and told Maine, unloading his truck, probably about his new life in the Army arrived Mark, beneath us are the remains torn so proudly talking about how he was regularly.