[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: October 4, 1994]
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                   NATIONAL SECURITY AND OUR CONTRACT

  (Mr. KOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was the tragic anniversary of 
the massacre of 18 young American lives in Somalia. As we enter the 
third week of the United States-led occupation of Haiti, upwards of 
20,000 young American lives are being gambled by this administration. 
Their mission has changed no less than three times, and the rules of 
engagement are vague and arbitrary.
  A week ago I stood on the Capitol steps and signed the Republican 
contract with America, and one of its key provisions is the National 
Security Restoration Act which would ensure that our troops are fully 
funded and only deployed in direct support of our vital strategic 
interests. More than 300 Republicans understood this, and they signed 
our contract. We cannot continue to abandon our soldiers on foreign 
shores. They need our moral, as well as material, support.
  The translation here is: Are we slowly, but surely, headed toward 
another Somalia-like massacre in Haiti? The only questions are how soon 
and how many lives?

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