[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SUPPORT THE AMERICAN OVERSEAS INTERESTS ACT

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, when the House resumes debate today on H.R. 
1561, the American Overseas Interests Act, our colleagues on the other 
side of the aisle will remind us that President Clinton doesn't like 
this bill and has said he will veto it.
  Of course Bill Clinton doesn't like this bill. It kills three Federal 
agencies and cuts spending by $3 billion in the next 2 years. It is not 
his style to support such cuts.
  But it also focuses on vital American interests by supporting peace 
and stability in the Middle East. This bill is about getting nuclear 
weapons out of Russia and the other former Soviet States--and locking 
in the gains of the cold war by supporting nations that want to join 
NATO.
  It recognizes our enemies by cutting off aid to countries that supply 
weapons to terrorist states--that give aid to Cuba--or that 
consistently vote against us in the United Nations.
  So what if Bill Clinton is threatening to veto the American Overseas 
Interests Act? We should still support it. I urge my colleagues to join 
me in voting yes on final passage.

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