[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WEARING OUT OUR WELCOME

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, this week angry Haitian mobs protested the 
planned 4-month of extension of the U.N. mission to Haiti, an extension 
that received surprise Chinese sign-off for an as yet undisclosed 
price. Frustrated and victimized Haitians accused U.N. troops of only 
guarding the palace and Aristide's house instead of providing the law 
and order they are there for.
  Ironically the United Nations also had to issue an apology recently 
for what Haitians saw as too much attention from U.N. troops in Port-
de-Paix, where the U.N.'s soldier had to be rescued from the mobs by 
airlift. Haitian parliamentarians have also demanded an end to the 
occupation.
  If we have worn out our welcome in Haiti, let us send our troops and 
the United States trainer/builders out of range of rock-throwing mobs 
and save further wear and tear on American taxpayers wallets. Aside 
from time, what can we buy in Haiti in a 4-month extension that $3 
billion could not buy in the past 2\1/2\ years?

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