[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11873]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  ANNOUNCING MARKUP OF U.N. REFORM ACT

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, as the largest financial contributor to the 
United Nations, the American people have every right to demand 
accountability and transparency at the U.N. and the U.N. Reform Act 
introduced by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) and humbly 
coauthored by myself will be marked up today in the Committee on 
International Relations and does just that.
  To restore the credibility of this world forum, we have to have real 
reform: in budgeting, oversight, peacekeeping, and human rights. The 
Hyde/Pence bill authorizes a variety of methods of leverage to enact 
reforms, including the withholding of 50 percent of U.S.-assessed dues 
if certifications are not made in key areas.
  The U.N. plays a vital role in the world, but it cannot do so if it 
is bogged down in bureaucracy and scandal. Hyde/Pence provides a vision 
for U.N. reform and the tough incentives to accomplish it. Hyde/Pence 
is U.N. reform with teeth, and I urge its adoption.

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