[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S4000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WELCOME TO MICHIGAN CONSTITUENTS

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise today to welcome a large 
group of Michigan constituents who have come here to Washington, DC, to 
express their opinions on the recent violence in Lebanon. I was pleased 
to be able to welcome them to the Senate this morning and host them for 
morning coffee prior to their planned events for the day.
  Mr. President, this group comes here today with very deep sentiments 
and emotions about this issue. In fact many of them have family or 
friends who have lost their loved ones in the tragic bombing of the 
U.N. shelter in Qana. I share their deep sentiments and support the 
overall message of the urgency of an immediate end to this bloodshed in 
the form of a cease-fire and the need to deliver humanitarian aid to 
the refugees in Lebanon.
  As I have been reiterating the past 2 days on the floor of the 
Senate, I urge the administration to persist in trying to negotiate a 
cease-fire in this region and to bring an end to the hostility 
immediately. The resulting peace will benefit everyone, but especially 
those innocent civilians and refugees in Lebanon, who have been most 
affected by the violence.

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