[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26084]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 HAITI

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I am very disheartened to hear that in our 
sister country, Haiti, there is brewing a move to impeach the current 
prime minister, Prime Minister Pierre-Louis.
  Prime Minister Pierre-Louis has recently gained a tremendous amount 
of confidence from the international community. The U.S. President and 
former President and U.N. Special Envoy Bill Clinton made a historic 
special trip to Haiti that held out the promise of new investment both 
to create new jobs and to help the people of Haiti. I would hope that 
the government officials of Haiti will consider continuing to move the 
country along in a positive way and move to support the prime minister.

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