[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: September 20, 1994]
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                SUPPORT FOR THE CLINTON POLICY IN HAITI

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McKINNEY Mr. Speaker, the Haitian people have been dying for 
democracy for decades. Despite their cries, the United States stood 
idly by. First in support of Papa Doc against their cries of freedom 
and next in support of Baby Doc. How long were the Haitian people to 
wait for United States action on behalf of democracy. By day and by 
night body parts were found on the sides of Haitian streets. Haitian 
women fighting for democracy had become targets for rapists. Orphaned 
Haitian children had become targets for murderous thugs. All while the 
Haitian coup leaders thumbed their noses at the international 
community.
  Operation restore democracy hopefully will bring these atrocities to 
an end. We should never allow democracy to be hijacked within our own 
hemisphere and we should reject the obstructionism of the gridlock 
gang.
  The purpose of United States action is not to install a puppet, not 
to install a dictator, but to reinstate the justly elected choice of 
the Haitian people. Job well done, Mr. President.

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