[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S9145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       DISTURBING EVENTS IN HAITI

  Mr. COVERDELL. I wish to comment specifically on the remarks that 
were made earlier by the Senate majority leader and the Senator from 
Arizona with regard to the disturbing events we have witnessed in 
Haiti.
  Mr. President, we have received reports that voting tally sheets were 
being intentionally altered and ballots were being substituted with 
newly marked ballots. While widespread violence had been deterred, 
there has been a lack of visible security, and closed individual polls 
have forced Haitians to go home without casting their vote. There have 
been long delays in the opening of polls in many areas and a shortage 
of electoral material. Many ballot boxes were not sealed properly 
before being turned over to the regional centers. Observers found a few 
cases of ballot stuffing.
  In short, we have a serious situation. I conferred with the majority 
leader with regard to these events, and want to announce to the Senate 
we will conduct hearings on the week we return in the subcommittee of 
the Foreign Relations Committee, specifically the Western Hemisphere 
Subcommittee. I wanted to make that known to the Senate.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I may speak as 
if in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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