[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 20, 1994]
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  AGREEMENT--BACKED BY UNITED STATES TROOPS--IS BEST HOPE TO RESTORE 
                           DEMOCRACY IN HAITI

  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, everyone is talking about Haiti. 
This Congress has been talking about Haiti I know for 7 or 8 years. But 
guess what, Mr. Speaker? They have done absolutely nothing to assist 
the turmoil in Haiti, to stop the killings, to stop the rapes, to help 
the poor people of Haiti. They have done nothing. And if President 
Clinton had not intervened we would still be at that same point.

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  I stand here to say to the world that I support President Clinton's 
effort. It took strong stamina. It took a bold and creative 
methodology.
  Everyone is saying, ``We praise the troops. We praise President 
Carter.'' Neither one of them could have moved if it were not for the 
President.
  So we needed someone to provide leadership for this country to move 
forward, to help Haiti. I must say we must support President Clinton. 
He will go down in history as someone who was not afraid, and it is so 
important to understand that we all know that this agreement is not the 
best, but we must begin to help to solve some of this problem.
  We must minimize the risk, but we also must realize that Haiti has to 
be helped.

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