[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       POLICE LAWLESSNESS IN HAITI, AMERICA'S TAX DOLLARS AT WORK

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, I want to call to the attention of my 
colleagues a very disturbing article in this morning's Washington Post. 
American taxpayers have invested approximately $75 million to build and 
train a new national police force in Haiti, a department that would 
replace the feared security forces from previous military 
dictatorships.
  Sadly, the new national police force appears to be just a new version 
of the old one. The Post reports that in a 3-month period earlier this 
year, 50 killings attributed to the police occurred, and police 
involvement in drug trafficking has also been charged.
  Mr. Speaker, it just goes to show that when our government gets 
involved in virtually every predicament that occurs around the world, 
we tend to lose control of where our tax dollars are going. $75 
million, and the result from all that money? Meet the new boss, same as 
the old boss. Just the latest in this administration's failed Haiti 
policy.

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