[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                                 HAITI

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                               speech of

                         HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 1994

  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I respect President Clinton as I have 
respected each of his predecessors in office going back to President 
Richard Nixon who was President when I entered the House of 
Representatives in 1971.
  I believe that President Clinton was correct in his stance on the 
Federal budget last summer, and I voted for the 1993 budget bill. I 
thought he was right on the trade question, and I voted for his 
position on the North American Free-Trade Agreement. I thought he was 
correct on the crime issue, and I supported the crime bill, including 
the prevention provisions, at all stages starting at the Crime 
Subcommittee on which I sit.
  But I believe the President is wrong in his policy toward Haiti. And 
I believe he should have sought congressional approval before deploying 
troops into Haiti.
  I have studied all of the pending resolutions carefully, Mr. Speaker, 
and the one which provides the earliest and the best opportunity for 
the 104th Congress, which convenes in January, to debate and act on the 
question of the orderly disengagement of the United States from our 
occupation of Haiti and the question of the prompt and safe withdrawal 
of our troops back to the United States.
  Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the resolution offered 
by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Michel] and I urge my colleagues to 
support it.
  Last, Mr. Speaker, I wish to take this opportunity to address a few 
words to my colleagues since I will not be a Member of the 104th 
Congress. I wish to tell my colleagues how proud and honored and 
privileged I have been to sit in this assembly and to be part of the 
United States House of Representatives with them. I thank them for 
their friendship and their support, and I hope that our paths cross 
often in the years ahead. I love each and every one of you, and I ask 
God's blessings upon you.

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