[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: April 20, 1994]
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                  THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN 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, the situation in Haiti continues to be a 
disgrace to the United States and the world community. There are those 
in the Congress now calling for an increase in sanctions on Haiti's 
already battered people.
  Sanctions in Haiti do not affect the thugs who have taken control, 
nor the wealthy. Even our U.S. embassy has proved that the sanctions 
are a cruel hoax. Sanctions do not stop the murders, rapes, and 
devastation of political opposition.
  Those who advocate more sanctions advocate another dose of a failed 
policy. Those who advocate more sanctions condone the expansion of a 
policy that has brought death and malnutrition to children, the infirm, 
and the elderly. Those who advocate tighter sanctions will continue to 
strangle innocent Haitian babies. Increased sanctions will kill more 
than the 1,000 Haitian children dying each month because of the current 
failed policies.
  Where is the leadership of the world's strongest nation for its 
weakest neighbor? Why can't the United States and the United Nations 
enforce international agreements and restore democracy? Anything less 
is a travesty for all concerned.
  Sanctions have murdered Haiti's poor, destroyed its employment base, 
and crushed any hopes for future economic development and international 
investment in Haiti. Additional sanctions will only devastate the 
poorest of the poor in Haiti.
  Further sanctions will only grind the faces of Haiti's poorest 
further into the soil already stained by blood from our current policy.

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