[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 108 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1366]
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      FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

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                               speech of

                        HON. BARBARA B. KENNELLY

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 28, 1995

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1868) making 
     appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
     related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1996, and for other purposes:

  Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Visclosky 
amendment to maintain the ban on United States foreign aid to 
Azerbaijan.
  I am deeply concerned that lifting this ban will weaken efforts to 
find a political solution to the Karabagh conflict. While a ceasefire 
has been in place for over a year now, talks toward settlement have 
been stalled.
  There is simply no reason to threaten a fragile peace and reward 
Azerbaijan for failing to comply with United States law. Instead, 
Congress must stand by the principles of the Freedom Support Act it 
adopted in 1992. We must support a peace settlement of the current 
conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, without weakening the tough 
stand we took 3 years ago.
  I urge my colleagues to support this important amendment.