[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO DEBORAH K. HAUGER

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I was deeply saddened last month by the 
death of Deborah Hauger who served as the Latin American advisor to the 
former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Lee 
Hamilton. I had the pleasure of meeting Deborah on several occasions 
and was struck by her intelligence, vibrance, warmth and her deep 
commitment to doing what was right for United States foreign policy and 
for the people of Latin America.
  I came to know Deborah through my work with Congressman Lee Hamilton 
to change United States policy toward Cuba. On behalf of myself and 
Congressman Hamilton, she and a member of my staff traveled to Cuba and 
reported to us their strong belief that United States policy was 
counterproductive and contrary to United States national interests. She 
demonstrated enormous commitment to the Cuba issue in particular, and 
to promoting democracy and human rights throughout the hemisphere.
  She died at the young age of 34 and her death is a great loss not 
only to her family, friends and colleagues, but to the foreign policy 
of this country, to the people of Latin America and to the U.S. 
Congress as well. I hope my colleagues will join me in sending my 
sincere condolences to her family, to Congressman Hamilton and to her 
colleagues.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.

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