[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                  DON'T INVADE HAITI FOR MEMORIAL DAY

  (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, as we approach the 50th anniversary of the 
Normandy invasion, I can only wonder if the President is planning to 
commemorate this Memorial Day with another invasion--an invasion of 
Haiti? We wake this morning to find that the President is sending 
warships and troops to the Caribbean. The President has deployed two 
more ships to Haiti bringing the total to eight United States warships 
now off Haiti's coast. With an amphibious assault ship carrying 650 
Marines on its way for battle exercises. Was anyone at the White House 
listening when this House said ``no'' to military intervention and 
offered an alternative safe haven proposal. We have had positive 
response to the safe haven plan from countless Americans and from 
Haitian parliamentarians, Haitians, and Haitian-Americans--people we 
are trying to help. Memorial Day is a day to remember those who gave 
their lives. Let us hope the President will not commemorate this day by 
asking more Americans to needlessly risk their lives in Haiti.

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