[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 71 (Thursday, June 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 9, 1994]
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                              SORE LOSERS?

  (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, this House has passed major pieces of 
legislation on truly narrow margins--the President's 1993 tax bill 
passed by just one vote. The ban on assault weapons, by just two votes.
  But those were results the majority leadership, acting in concert 
with the White House, wanted--so the close votes were allowed to stand. 
Then on May 24, this House voted by a 22-vote, bipartisan margin, to 
say no to military intervention in Haiti, while saying yes to the Goss 
safe haven plan. Yet, the powers that be on the other side did not like 
that result--so, guess what? Today, after a long, tortuous 2 weeks of 
arm twisting, the Democrat leadership is going to have a revote on the 
Goss amendment. I urge my colleagues to stand by their principles. Let 
us not flip-flop on important foreign policy where American lives are 
at stake. Be consistent and be correct. United States invasion of Haiti 
is a bad idea.

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