[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 20, 1994]
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              APPRECIATION FOR HAITIAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION

  (Mr. FLAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, on yesterday I was absent when the vote on 
the resolution was taken. Had I been here, I certainly would have 
supported it. I support the President, Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, and 
Sam Nunn for the tremendous job they did to assure that we would be 
able to have a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Haiti. There is 
no doubt in my mind that without this resolution and without the 
resolve of those persons who are working toward peace and not war, many 
lives would have been lost. Even with the potential for those American 
lives that are jeopardized by being there, I think that we have moved a 
step closer to a resolution of this matter. I believe it is a matter 
that America can feel proud about not only by those who have 
represented it in the negotiations with those who are leaders in Haiti 
but for this President who saw a way to do it without having to fire a 
weapon. Thank God. Thank God we are on the way to peace in Haiti.

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