[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 20, 1994]
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                    LET THE RECORD SPEAK FOR ITSELF

  (Mr. WELDON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, many of our colleagues yesterday were 
concerned that the vote to support our troops and the Carter Commission 
yesterday would somehow be misconstrued by the administration 
nationwide as though this body went on record in favor of the Clinton 
policy in Haiti. Nothing could be further from the truth, yet the 
American media in fact stated that. It was not until 8:55 last night 
that I was able to get CNN to correct on the air the fact that that 
vote was not in support of the Clinton Haiti policy but was merely a 
vote to support the troops and the Carter Commission.
  Mr. Speaker, let us look at the Record as I did today. There were 33 
Members who spoke on that resolution yesterday. All 13 Republicans and 
10 of the 20 Members of the opposition party rose and spoke that they 
had major concerns with the President's policy in regard to Haiti. I 
find it somewhat ironic that just within the last hour, President 
Clinton in a live press conference said he was gratified by our vote. 
This was not a vote in support of President Clinton's policy in Haiti. 
It was a vote in support of our troops and the Carter Commission's 
efforts. Let the record speak for itself.

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