[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SITUATION IN BOSNIA

  (Mr. DORNAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, I spent the greater part of today up in New 
Hampshire. I was in California over the weekend. Everywhere I go, along 
with the budget and Americans telling Republicans, ``Either get with it 
or get out of the way, you will not be reelected if you do not keep 
your promises,'' but right up there, coequal and even more impassioned, 
is Bosnia.
  I circulated a letter with 70 signatures, I only needed 50, last 
week. I have a conference at 9 o'clock in the morning. I do not think 
it is the most propitious time. I kind of have a suspicion I am being 
sandbagged. I am putting all of the Republicans on notice, 235.
  One cannot go home this Christmas, particularly after the first 
American steps on a mine, and be truthful and say you did everything 
you could to support our troops by not sending them in harm's way.
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. DORNAN. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Let me just follow up. There is no excuse for any 
Republican to say he or she is too busy tomorrow morning, at 9 a.m. in 
the morning, to make a statement on what is going on in Bosnia, on 
whether we send young Americans to die in a conflict over Christmas in 
the snows of Bosnia in a three-way civil war that has been going on 500 
years. I thank the gentleman for letting us get involved, and I will 
certainly be there.

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