[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 9, 1994]
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  HAITIANS INFECTED BY HIV VICTIMIZED BY UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD 
                                 HAITI

  (Mr. MICA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, United States policy toward Haiti is a 
Holocaust of our time--and no one seems to care. This administration 
turns its back, this Congress ignores the issue, and the media could 
care less.
  Each month more than 1,000 Haitian babies die as a result of United 
States sanctions. Yesterday the bodies of two more Haitian children and 
two adults washed up on Florida's shore.
  Yesterday I received this memo seeking donations to bury HIV Haitian 
babies dying weekly in south Florida.
  President elect Clinton encouraged Haitians to seek refuge in the 
United States, then let scores drown at sea. President Clinton brought 
HIV infected Haitians into the United States contrary to our policy and 
law.
  President Clinton cut and ran from Port Au Prince Harbor leaving 
thugs in charge. President Clinton let every Haitian deadline pass. 
President Clinton now wants to impose tighter sanctions.
  Thousands more Haitian babies will die. The bodies of Haitian parents 
and children will wash upon my State's shores. Dead HIV babies to 
unburied and no one cares.

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