[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 12, 1994]
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                           KEEP OUT OF HAITI

  (Mr. ROTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROTH. Madam Speaker, it is amateur night at the White House when 
it comes to our policy toward Haiti. We seem to be groping and lurching 
our way toward a military invasion that the vast majority of the 
American people do not favor and even those who oppose the current 
regime in Haiti say would be wrong.
  It is now clear that the Clinton administration's inconsistent 
embargo and immigration policy is a failure and has contributed to the 
tragedy of the boat people.
  Now I fear we will compound these errors by putting our young men and 
women of the Armed Forces in harms way for the worst of reasons--
domestic politics.
  If anyone believes this would be a quick and simple operation, look 
at history. In 1915, President Woodrow Wilson sent in the Marines to 
what at first was a welcome reception. Bogged down by terrorist 
activities, it was 19 years before we got out.
  Madam Speaker, it would be wrong to use American military force to 
save a failed foreign policy and I hope President Clinton will change 
course before it is too late.

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