[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 25 (Tuesday, March 2, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        INVESTIGATE HAITI CLAIMS

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, needless to say, all of our 
eyes have been focused on a small little nation just south of this 
great Nation. Small though it may be, Haiti stood alongside Americans 
in their fight for independence, and Haiti stands this 200th year as an 
independent democratic nation.
  As we read the Nation's headlines, we see Haitians struggle to pull 
their nation out of chaos, and then the most tragic statement came this 
weekend when words were stated by President Aristide that someone, this 
Nation, allegedly forced him to leave his beloved nation, forced him to 
leave his position as the duly elected president of Haiti.
  I believe this Congress cannot sit in silence. So I am asking the 
Speaker and the leader of the House to convene major congressional 
investigations that will include a number of committees, and, in 
particular, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
  We must know the truth of the CIA's involvement, who directed the 
military, and what occurred on that fateful night. America has the 
responsibility to take the high moral standard. And even though Haiti 
is not Iraq, Haiti is still a country that we should feel for. Haiti 
asked us to come in peace, but it seems as if we came in war. An 
investigation is necessary and we must do it now.

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