[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 131 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 19, 1994]
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 AMERICANS OWE DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO PRESIDENT CARTER, GENERAL POWELL, 
                            AND SENATOR NUNN

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I think all Americans today owe a debt 
of gratitude to President Carter, to General Powell, and to Senator 
Nunn. Their tremendous actions prevented our having to go into Haiti 
under conditions that I found very, very regrettable.
  There is an awful lot of things that Haiti needs. Haiti needs many, 
many things, but the last thing Haiti needed was a war or more 
violence. So seeing our troops land today without one gunshot being 
fired, I think is a real tribute to their action and to the 
longstanding job they have done in bringing peace.
  I think also by having our troops on the ground there during this 
phase of transition, we will end up with a much better solution, 
because our troops and the U.N. troops will be able to determine who 
the bad guys are and who all needs to be removed.
  We know that it is not just Cedras. We know there are many others who 
have a very bad record, too, and this month transition period will give 
us a much better grounding to be able to make sure the results are what 
we want.
  Congratulations to all of them.

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