[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 25, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: May 25, 1994]
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                      HOUSE ON THE RECORD ON HAITI

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, while U.S. Navy ships fired ominous warning 
shots trying to enforce punishing and unworkable economic sanctions in 
Haiti--this House fired a warning shot for the White House: Most 
Members of this body do not support U.S. military intervention in 
Haiti. But is anyone listening at the White House? It appears the 
administration is uninterested in the advice and consensus of this 
House, and is so driven toward pursuing its failed Haiti policy that it 
is willing to unnecessarily risk lives to prove a point. I implore the 
President to look at the Goss safe haven plan that was scrutinized here 
yesterday--a proposal that received the support of 223 Members of this 
House. It is a positive new idea that can both work for Haiti and can 
extricate the United States from this looming foreign policy disaster.
  Do we really want our Navy steaming around the Caribbean firing 
warning shots at commercial shipping? I think not.

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