[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 178 (Friday, November 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CASE HAS NOT BEEN MADE FOR SENDING TROOPS TO BOSNIA

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, Bill Clinton wants to send 20,000 Americans 
to Bosnia. He wants to send them there for 1 year, although many 
experts say if we get on the ground there, we will be there at least 10 
years. He wants to send us into a situation where there will be hostile 
forces on all sides. He wants us to be in the middle of centuries-old 
animosities.
  Mr. Speaker, into this cauldron he wants to send 20,000 young 
Americans. Do not think of this in the abstract. That is too easy. 
Personalize it a little bit. We must think of it as if they were our 
children, our brothers, our sisters.
  Mr. Speaker, I have three daughters. Can I go to Janna and say, 
``Janna, it is important for America for you to go to Bosnia''? ``Lori, 
for a better America, I want you in Bosnia''? ``Juli, the country needs 
you in Bosnia''?
  Bill Clinton, look into Chelsea's eyes and say ``Chelsea, for the 
future of America, we want you in Bosnia.'' Mr. Speaker, if we would 
not send our own kids over there, we should not send other people's 
kids over there. The case has not been made for wasting one of these 
young lives.

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