mr. speaker , i rise in opposition to this resolution . 
it may seem peculiar , but , frankly , i think that the military does not need this resolution . 
it is not broken out there . 
they are having the ability to recruit . 
even despite the negative news from iraq , the recruitment numbers are up for all the services . 
what this resolution does is sort of breaks this feeling in america that democracy allows divergence of opinion and that the people that own the real estate should have a voice in who can visit that real estate . 
we do not have any nationally owned universities , yet this resolution requires equal access for all military recruiters at institutions of higher education . 
i think we are getting into a really slippery area here because you are going to create within those campuses huge debates that students are going to say , we do n't like this stuff being jammed down our throats . 
we and the faculty and the trustees of a university ought to be able to decide who can visit our campus , as they do in all other things . 
for example , here in washington , d.c. , catholic university does not allow pro-abortionist recruiters to come and talk on the campus , and here you are going to require , regardless of what the issue should be , that military recruiters have to be allowed on campus . 
i think it is a very slippery slope . 
i do not think we need to go there , because the recruitment numbers are not down . 
i think the military has historically stood on its own feet to do very well in recruiting without getting congress involved mandating that they have to be on campuses . 
i think you are going to have a negative reaction . 
i would urge congress very carefully to think about this and to vote `` no '' until we get a better thought on how we want to mandate democracy in this country . 
