[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NO APOLOGIES NEEDED

  (Mr. McINNIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is time for our President to come home. 
We owe no more apologies to the world. I am tired of hearing people go 
out and apologize for the United States of America.
  Take a look at the United States of America's history. Look how many 
millions and millions and millions of people that we have helped. Look 
how many of our soldiers have given the ultimate sacrifice to defend 
freedom in this world.
  Take a look at what our country offers the world today. We do more 
for the environment than any other country in the world. We have the 
best health care system of any country in the world. We have the 
strongest military of any country in the world which helps our friends 
at our expense.
  Take a look at what we do for education for our own citizens. Take a 
look at what we do through the United Nations for other countries. Take 
a look at our foreign aid.
  Mr. Speaker, we have got nothing to apologize about. The President 
needs to come home. If apologies are due, maybe they are due over at 
the White House, but they are not due for being citizens of the United 
States.
  I am a citizen of the United States of America, and let me tell every 
one of my colleagues I have no apologies.

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