[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 65 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CLINTON LEGACY WILL BE BALKANS WAR

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, President Clinton says he is going to 
continue the bombing in Yugoslavia, and some people are beginning to 
ask what the Clinton legacy will be. Some say scandal and impeachment. 
I do not think so. I think it will be the war in the Balkans.
  Mr. Speaker, when NATO began bombing Yugoslavia it led the way to 
billions and billions of dollars that will be spent on this war. Will 
we be expected to rebuild all that we destroy in Yugoslavia, as some 
have suggested?
  To rebuild all that we have destroyed could cost hundreds of billions 
of dollars, power plants, airports, factories, bridges, oil refineries, 
infrastructure. The cost would be staggering. And where would the money 
come from if we have to pay it? That is right, Social Security, 
Medicare, our schools, and our roads. Our budget needs.
  This administration is digging a deep hole with the war in the 
Balkans that is going to last for many years after President Clinton 
has left office. That may be the Clinton legacy.

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