[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 13, 1994]
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                         LET'S NOT DO IT AGAIN

  (Mr. HUTCHINSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. Speaker, when I visited Haiti a few years ago, I 
found a fiercely proud and independent people. They threw the French 
out in 1804, and, while they cannot keep us out, they can inflict 
bloody casualties. It would be a terrible, terrible misjudgment to 
invade Haiti.
  Mr. Speaker, they may hate the current military dictatorship, but the 
minute we invade and install Aristide, we will become the object of 
their resentment and hatred. Going in will be the easy part; getting 
out will be much more difficult. Once we put Aristide in, then we must 
prop him up.
  The last time we went in, Mr. Speaker, we were there 19 years, and I 
say, ``Let's not do it again. There is no compelling national interest, 
and, Mr. Speaker, I'm deeply troubled by an administration that eagerly 
seeks the blessing, approval and sanction of the United Nations and 
cavalierly dismisses the United States Congress as an irrelevancy.''

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