[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                UNILATERAL ACTION BY THE PRESIDENT AGAIN

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, the people of this country did 
not want us to spend billions of dollars and risk Americans lives going 
into Haiti. And the Congress knew that. We were not going to support 
it. Yet President Clinton unilaterally took action that put our troops 
at risk and sent our people in Haiti and spent billions of dollars in 
the process.
  The people of this country did not want us to spend money bailing out 
Mexico. And yet President Clinton unilaterally is spending $53 billion 
of American taxpayers' money bailing out that country that is in an 
absolute mess.
  And now yesterday unilaterally by executive order they are replacing 
strikers, a striker replacement bill is being passed by the executive 
branch without any act of Congress.
  This is illegal, in many of our opinions. However, the President did 
it. Unilateral action again. Someone should tell this President this is 
a Republic and not a dictatorship.

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