[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H15212-H15213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                AMBASSADOR SPIEGEL DESERVES OUR RESPECT

  (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, in the Washington Post this morning 
there is a report about the majority leader and the Speaker expressing 
concern about remarks made by Ambassador Dan Spiegel, our U.N. 
representative in Geneva, for allegedly attacking the Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, Ambassador Spiegel's remarks were taken out of context. 
He was not attacking the Congress. He was discussing the impact of a 
growing isolationist trend which has had a devastating impact on our 
payments to the United Nations and its specialized agencies.
  Dan Spiegel worked in the U.S. Senate for 6 years for Senator Hubert 
Humphrey. He has great respect for this institution. In any event, 
Ambassador Spiegel has apologized and the matter should be put to rest.
  Mr. Speaker, Ambassador Spiegel is one of our best ambassadors. We 
should now move on, now that his remarks have been clarified. He 
deserves our 

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strong support, as he has an outstanding record, both from the private 
as well as the public sector.

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