[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    COMMITTING OUR TROOPS IN BOSNIA

  (Mr. METCALF asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, we all want peace in Bosnia, but there is 
rumor that there is an agreement based on United States troops in 
Bosnia that has been arrived at. It is beyond belief that the President 
would agree to an agreement in defiance of a vote of almost three-
quarters of the House specifically saying do not base any agreement on 
United States troops in Bosnia.
  We have all learned through sad experience that it is easy to rush in 
troops, it is extremely difficult to solve the problems when they are 
there, and it is even more difficult to get out in a timely and an 
honorable way.
  It is the Presidential constitutional responsibility to deploy 
troops. It is the duty of Congress to either approve or deny funding 
the troops once they are there. Congress must not fund United States 
troops in Bosnia until we know exactly what United States interests are 
threatened and how the troops will protect those interest.

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