[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 4, 1994]
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                          THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, during the 20th century there have been two 
major nonviolent revolutions; one occurred in our country, the other in 
South Africa. Ours was a civil rights revolution; South Africa's was 
the overthrow of apartheid. The sporadic violence that attended both 
cannot detract from the ultimate triumph of human rights over war and 
fratricide.
  We are in good company today as President Nelson Mandela comes to 
Washington. South Africa now needs to solidify its revolution. This 
requires continuing U.S. aid and especially investment from U.S. 
companies. Ten years ago I did not expect to be an advocate of aid and 
trade with South Africa. In 1984, along with three others, Mr. Speaker, 
we entered the South African Embassy and helped light the spark that 
led to sanctions. Today the call for divestment has been turned on its 
head with a market economy and a nonracial economy. South Africa is 
marching forward.
  Mr. Speaker, we must join the new South Africa as it now moves on to 
an economic revolution.

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