ON THE RECORD: LEGISLATORS’ COMMITMENT TO NATIONAL SECURITY– OR LACK OF IT — REVEALED BY FIRST CENTER SCORECARD

(Washington, D.C.): On the eve of the 1994 mid-term
congressional election, the Center for Security Policy
today released the premier edition of its CSP
National Security Scorecard. The purpose of such
a Scorecard is to illuminate starkly the voting records
of members of the United States Senate and House of
Representatives on important security, defense and
foreign policy issues. The scorecard evaluates 20 key
votes by the two chambers (10 each in 1993 and 1994), and
gives every legislator a CSP National Security rating for
the 103rd Congress.

The Center for Security Policy plans in the future to
produce its CSP National Security Scorecard annually. By
so doing, it hopes to educate the American people
about the performance of their representatives with
respect to the national security issues — and to
encourage thereby greater accountability on the
part of Members of Congress for their votes in this field.

National Security Measures: Tallying The
Score

The forty key votes tracked for the CSP National
Security Scorecard spanned the spectrum of security
policy issues. Among those included were votes intended
to: cut critical defense spending (including funds
earmarked for ballistic missile defense, the B-2 bomber
production program, the Trident D-5 ballistic missile and
nuclear weapons research); constrain undisciplined,
unconditional aid to Russia and other former Soviet
Republics; limit the control exerted by the U.N. over
U.S. armed forces; and cut funding for
intelligence-related programs.

A CSP National Security rating of 100
indicates that the elected official consistently cast his
or her vote in a manner supportive of national security
on these representative issues. By contrast, a score of
0 indicates that the member did not support U.S.
national security in any of the test votes.

Credit Where It is Due

Among those Senators who scored a perfect 100
— indicating the greatest commitment to the security of
our Nation — are Senators Daniel Coats
of Indiana, Larry Craig of Idaho, Alfonse
D’Amato of New York, Robert Dole
of Kansas, D.M. (Lauch) Faircloth of
North Carolina, Jesse Helms of North
Carolina, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas,
Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, Trent
Lott of Mississippi, Connie Mack
of Florida, Don Nickles of Oklahoma, Robert
Smith of New Hampshire, Strom Thurmond
of South Carolina and Center Board of Advisors member Malcolm
Wallop of Wyoming.

In the House of Representatives, those receiving a
score of 100 include: Reps.
Richard Baker of Louisiana, Jim Bunning
of Kentucky, Dan Burton of Indiana, Sonny
Callahan of Alabama, Mac Collins
of Georgia, Center Board of Advisors member Christopher
Cox of California, John Doolittle
of California, Robert Dornan of
California, Gary Franks of Connecticut, Porter
Goss of Florida, James Hansen
of Utah, Michael Huffington of
California, Duncan Hunter of California,
James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Center Board of
Advisors member and Recipient of its 1994 “Keeper of
the Flame” award Jon Kyl of
Arizona, Ronald Lewis of Kentucky, Tom
Lewis of Florida, Frank Lucas
of Oklahoma, John McHugh of New York,
Carlos Moorhead of California, Ron
Packard of California, Richard Pombo
of California, Harold Rogers of
Kentucky, Lamar Smith of Texas, Gerald
Solomon of New York, Clifford Stearns
of Florida, Bob Stump of Arizona, Don
Sundquist of Tennessee and Charles
Taylor of North Carolina.

Among those Members of Congress achieving the
distinction of garnering a 0 score are: Reps.
Ron Dellums of California and Pat
Schroeder of Colorado and Sen. Dale
Bumpers of Arkansas. In all, 13 0
scores were awarded.