[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: February 1, 1994]
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                INTRODUCTION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT BILL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentlewoman from Georgia [Ms. McKinney] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, on November 18, Senator Hatfield and I 
introduced a simple little bill known as the code of conduct bill. 
Today we launch that bill for congressional and public support.
  The code of conduct bill merely establishes an eligibility 
requirement for receipts of U.S. arms, sort of like an international 
Brady bill. If a government is undemocratic, fails to protect human 
rights, engages in acts of aggression, and does not participate in the 
U.N. Conventional Arms Register, then that government would not qualify 
to receive U.S. weapons unless, of course, the President requests an 
exception from the code for national security reasons.
  Now is the time for us to set standards on who gets to buy U.S. 
weapons of real destruction. Our farmers want international markets, 
our small businesses want to engage in international trade, and our 
corporations seek a safe investment climate. The Somalias, Haitis, and 
Zaires of the world cannot be our partners in trade when anarchy 
prevails. The President has set forth the challenges of the new world 
order in his State of the Union Address, and we know how destabilizing 
proliferation can be. We see what arms proliferation has done on our 
streets right here at home. Now that the cold war is over, it is time 
to invest, invest in medicine and in technology, invest in education 
and in our children, invest in America's new future, and make the world 
safe, safe for democracy.

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