[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 169 (Monday, October 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 WE SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH DELICATE NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING PEACE IN 
                              BOSNIA TODAY

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, today we will be taking up a resolution 
dealing with troops in Bosnia. This is highly premature and 
irresponsible, to be dealing with such a sensitive issue a day before 
the President is convening a session in Dayton, OH, among the warring 
parties in Bosnia to construct a peace agreement. We should not be 
dealing with this issue at a time when negotiations tomorrow will 
determine whether there will be a peace agreement or not.
  Mr. Speaker, the administration deserves credit for coming forth with 
a peace plan that has brought a partition of this area that appears to 
be supported by the Serbs, by the Croatians, and by the Moslems. We 
should not interfere with this very sensitive process, and this 
legislation should be taken off the Calendar for today.

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