[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 126 (Tuesday, August 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       LET US ACT TO GIVE BOSNIA A CHANCE: LIFT THE ARMS EMBARGO

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, 31 years ago, Kitty Genovese cried out for 
help as she was raped in New York. Thirty-eight neighbors heard her 
cries, but out of fear or irresponsibility, not one went to her aid. 
The next morning, she was found dead.
  Today, Bosnia cries out for help. She asks only that her neighbors 
allow her to defend herself.
  Her women have been raped, her children orphaned, her homes stolen, 
and her men massacred. All this by men branded by our country and the 
international community as war criminals.
  And she wonders why the mighty, moral West watches, and waits, and 
debates.
  Kitty Genovese is not in Bosnia.
  But, genocide resides there now.
  Let us act today to lift the arms embargo to give beleaguered Bosnia 
a chance.

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