[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 14 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 11, 1994]
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                         SET DEADLINE FOR 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, by the time this House reconvenes, in less 
than 2 weeks, scores of Haitians will die as a direct result of United 
States policy. Economic sanctions on Haiti will continue to kill 
babies, the infirm, the meek and the elderly.
  Because this Congress and this administration failed to act--in the 
next few weeks, thousands of innocent Haitians will die.
  This administration has let every deadline pass. The President has 
abandoned democracy, and his administration has ignored international 
law. What good is an organization of civilized nations if they ignore 
uncivilized actions?
  How can we be a leader of nations when we ignore the death of a 
nation in our own back yard? Those who have spoken of nation building 
now preside over nation destruction.
  This Congress that has offered hope in distant Somalia now shames its 
reputation by leaving and abandoning the suffering and dying in Haiti. 
This week we establish a deadline in Bosnia--I ask--``Why not a 
deadline for Haiti?''

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