[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 135 (Friday, September 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 23, 1994]
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                A CALL FOR REMOVAL OF TROOPS FROM HAITI

  (Mr. GINGRICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to look at 
page A16 of the Washington Post this morning. In an article entitled 
``Money Shortage Forces Navy to Curtail Training of Reserve Forces,'' 
the subhead says, ``This is the first time the Navy has so acted.''
  The opening paragraph says, ``The Navy has canceled training and 
drills for thousands of reservists for the rest of the month because 
the Naval Reserve ran out of money.''
  I will introduce next week a resolution, and I will ask the 
Democratic leadership to make it in order, to order the immediate 
withdrawal from Haiti. When we cannot pay to keep our Reserve forces 
trained, when we cannot pay to keep our troops equipped, when we cannot 
do the things that matter to protect Americans, it is madness to be 
spending a billion or more dollars on a country of no national security 
interest to the United States. I think we should withdraw, and I think 
the President should rethink his budget to defend America.

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