[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 131 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 19, 1994]
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                 SERIOUS CONFRONTATION HAS BEEN AVERTED

  (Mr. SKAGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Speaker, this is a day in which we are all having 
feelings of relief and gratitude, gratitude especially to President 
Carter, Senator Nunn, General Powell, for their most effective 
leadership on behalf of this country in reaching an agreement with the 
de facto leadership in Haiti, relief in particular that what might 
otherwise have been a very serious constitutional confrontation has 
been averted.

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  As one of the Members of this body that was leading the effort to 
ensure that we fulfilled our constitutional responsibility, I am 
pleased that we will not have to have a direct confrontation with the 
Executive.
  But our responsibilities do continue in this matter. I look forward 
to the report being filed by the administration under the War Powers 
Resolution. We should all be mindful in these closing weeks of this 
session that this Congress still has a very profound responsibility to 
oversee and fulfill its role under the War Powers Resolution and under 
the constitution.

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