[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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    MIDDLE EAST PEACE ACCORD: LET'S GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, yesterday most of the press attention 
was on Whitewater hearings, but the most important event took place 
right here in this great hall where the leaders of Jordan and Israel 
signaled that the time had come for peace.
  You notice they credited one man named Warren Christopher for the 
efforts that brought them together. The administration deserves credit 
for pursuing this Middle East initiative with persistence, with 
diplomacy, with good judgment, but most importantly, on a bipartisan 
basis.

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  Mr. Speaker, Warren Christopher many times is criticized. But his 
achievement will always be measured as Secretary of State by his very 
positive diplomacy that he brought to the historic meeting that took 
place yesterday.
  The Clinton administration has made very, very significant progress 
in the Middle East, building upon past administrations. Let us give 
credit where credit is due.

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