[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 110 (Monday, July 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               STAND STRONG FOR AMERICA REGARDING VIETNAM

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from 
Ohio [Mr. Traficant]. He is exactly correct. Promises, promises. 
Tomorrow President Clinton is expected to break yet another one of his 
campaign promises.
  He promised American veterans and the families of those servicemen 
still missing in action that he would not normalize relations with 
Vietnam until we had a full and complete accounting of those still 
missing in action.
  But now, with 55 cases still unsolved, he is going ahead with 
normalization, praising the Vietnamese for their so-called cooperation. 
But, in reality, between 1992 and 1994 they provided us more than 
21,000 documents, photos, and artifacts. Only 1 percent have pertained 
to missing Americans.
  The Vietnamese have not changed; if they had they would have already 
opened up all the records and we wouldn't be involved in bartering 
information for normalization.
  You know, I don't expect us to be able to count on the Vietnamese. 
But, we should at least be able to count on our own President. He 
should take a strong stand for America, instead of caving in to narrow 
special interests and giving away America's integrity.


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