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Congressional Record—House H 1724 H 1724 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE March 6, 1996 Hobson McKinney Sanford DeLay Gilman McCarthy (Mr. DIAZ-BALART asked and was Hoekstra McNulty Sawyer Dickey Houghton Stokes Hoke Meehan Saxton Dixon LaFalce Waldholtz given permission to revise and extend Holden Metcalf Scarborough Durbin Lipinski Zeliff his remarks and to include extraneous Horn Meyers Schaefer material.) b 1155 Hostettler Mica Schiff Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, Hoyer Miller (FL) Schumer Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota Hunter Minge Scott House Resolution 370 provides for the Hutchinson Mink Seastrand changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.'' consideration of the conference report Hyde Moakley Sensenbrenner So the Journal was approved. for H.R. 927, the Cuban Liberty and Inglis Molinari Shadegg The result of the vote was announced Istook Mollohan Shaw Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, usu- Jackson (IL) Montgomery Shays as above recorded. ally referred to as the Helms-Burton Jackson-Lee Moorhead Shuster f bill, and waive all points of order (TX) Moran Sisisky against the conference report and Jefferson Morella Skaggs PERSONAL EXPLANATION Johnson (CT) Murtha Skeen against its consideration. Johnson (SD) Myers Skelton Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. The House rules allow for 1 hour of Johnson, E. B. Myrick Slaughter 45, a journal vote, I was inadvertently absent. general debate to be equally divided be- Johnson, Sam Nadler Smith (MI) Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' Johnston Neal Smith (NJ) tween the chairman and ranking mi- Jones Nethercutt Smith (TX) f nority member of the Committee on Kanjorski Neumann Smith (WA) REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER International Relations. Kaptur Norwood Solomon This conference report is the re- Kasich Nussle Souder AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 359 Kelly Oberstar Spence sponse of the United States, of the Con- Kennedy (MA) Obey Spratt Mr. BONO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- gress, and the President, to the murder Kennedy (RI) Orton Stark mous consent that my name be re- of three American citizens and another Kennelly Owens Stearns moved as a cosponsor of the bill, H.R. U.S. resident by Castro over inter- Kildee Oxley Stenholm 359. King Packard Stockman national waters on February 24. Kingston Parker Studds The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Helms-Burton is also premised upon Kleczka Pastor Stump EWING). Is there objection to the re- the firm conviction that an accelerated Klink Paxon Stupak quest of the gentleman from Califor- Klug Payne (NJ) Talent end to the Stalinist dictatorship in Knollenberg Payne (VA) Tanner nia? Cuba is not only something that we Kolbe Pelosi Tate There was no objection. need to strive for because of elemental LaHood Peterson (FL) Tauzin f Lantos Peterson (MN) Taylor (NC) notions of solidarity with the terror- Largent Petri Thomas REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER ized and oppressed people of CubaÐbut LaTourette Pomeroy Thornberry AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 1963 also because the establishment of de- Laughlin Porter Thornton mocracy in Cuba is in the national in- Lazio Portman Thurman Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask Leach Poshard Tiahrt terest of the United States. Lewis (CA) Pryce Torres unanimous consent that my name be The Castro regime is, to its core, a Lewis (KY) Quillen Torricelli removed as a cosponsor of the bill, H.R. gangster regime. It is a regime that an- Lightfoot Quinn Upton 1963. swered a request, last month, by 130 Lincoln Radanovich Vucanovich The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Linder Rahall Walker dissident groups for permission to meet Livingston Ramstad Walsh objection to the request of the gen- peacefully, by arresting 186 dissident LoBiondo Rangel Wamp tleman from New Jersey? leaders and independent journalistsÐas Lofgren Reed Ward There was no objection. Lowey Regula Watts (OK) of last Thursday. Lucas Richardson Waxman f This is a regime that, to further in- Luther Riggs Weldon (FL) tensify its latest Stalinist crackdown Maloney Rivers Weldon (PA) CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 927, Manton Roberts Weller CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMO- on its internal opposition, felt the need Manzullo Roemer White CRATIC SOLIDARITY [LIBERTAD] to shoot down two American civilian Martini Rogers Whitfield ACT OF 1996 planes, killing three U.S. citizens and Matsui Rohrabacher Williams another U.S. resident, over inter- McCollum Ros-Lehtinen Wilson Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, by national waters a few days ago. McCrery Rose Wolf direction of the Committee on Rules, I McDade Roth Woolsey The message Castro sent the Cuban McHale Roukema Wynn call up House Resolution 370 and ask people by those murders of Americans McHugh Roybal-Allard Yates for its immediate consideration. McInnis Royce Young (AK) was clear: If I can murder Americans The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- over international waters and get away McIntosh Salmon Young (FL) lows: McKeon Sanders with it, imagine what I can do to you. H. RES. 370 NAYSÐ65 It's important to note that before the Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- murderous pilots of those MiG's vis- Abercrombie Hefley Pickett lution it shall be in order to consider the ually identified the unarmed Cessnas Bonior Heineman Pombo conference report to accompany the bill Borski Hilleary Rush that they had been ordered to shoot (H.R. 927) to seek international sanctions Brown (CA) Hilliard Sabo down, the radar that was guiding them Brown (OH) Hinchey Schroeder against the Castro government in Cuba, to Clay Jacobs Serrano plan for support of a transition government had locked on to a cruise ship with Collins (IL) Kim Taylor (MS) leading to a democratically elected govern- hundreds aboard. Costello Latham Tejeda ment in Cuba, and for other purposes. All And how does the supreme gangster DeFazio Levin Thompson points of order against the conference report himself defend the murders. Read this DeLauro Lewis (GA) Torkildsen and against its consideration are waived. Dornan Longley Towns week's Time magazine. Castro says: The conference report shall be considered as Ensign Markey Traficant They dropped leaflets on Havana. It was a read. Everett Martinez Velazquez real provocation * * * we had been patient, Fazio Mascara Vento The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- but there are limits * * * in addition to these Filner McDermott Visclosky Franks (CT) Meek Volkmer tleman from Florida [Mr. DIAZ- flights, there was also interference by the Frost Menendez Waters BALART] is recognized for 1 hour. U.S. interests section in our internal affairs. Gephardt Miller (CA) Watt (NC) What these people were doing was intoler- Gillmor Ney Wicker b 1200 able. They were giving money and paying the Green Olver Wise Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, for bills of dissidents * * * it was intolerable. Gutierrez Ortiz Zimmer Gutknecht Pallone the purposes of debate only, I yield the This is a regime that, according to customary 30 minutes to the gen- the respected British publication ANSWERED ``PRESENT''Ð2 tleman from California [Mr. BEILEN- Jane's Defence Weekly, has been send- Gibbons Harman SON], pending which I yield myself such ing special forces to be trained at the NOT VOTINGÐ18 time as I may consume. During consid- Hoa Binh Military Base in Communist Bryant (TX) Chapman Clinger eration of this resolution, all time Vietnam, since 1990, in preparation for Bunning Christensen Collins (MI) yielded is for purposes of debate only. strikes inside the United States in case March 6, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE H 1725 of war. According to Jane's Defence property stolen from Americans, we Many of us, moreover, are deeply Weekly the purpose of those special are not acting in an extraterritorial concerned about the provisions of the forces in Castro's army, training in fashion; we are protecting the property conference report itself and about its Vietnam, is to ``Take the reality of war rights of American citizens, and in that effect on U.S. policy. to the American people, in order to cre- way, also deterring foreign investment Mr. Speaker, for many of our col- ate internal pressures on Washington.'' in Castro's apartheid economy. leagues, this bill will be easy to sup- Let me briefly quote from a state- The importance of codifyingÐputting portÐit tightens the U.S. embargo on ment a few days ago by Senator DOLE: into lawÐthe embargo, cannot be over- one of the world's most despised dic- ``U.S. policy toward Cuba has con- emphasized. tators. Yet, it is not likely that Fidel sequences around the globe. The world No democratic transition from a Castro will be hurt by this legislation. is still a dangerous place.'' Adversaries long-term dictatorship in recent dec- Ironically, the Helms-Burton ActÐa are watching our response to the mur- ades has been possible without some radical departure from current United der of American citizens. Our response important form of external pressure. States policyÐwill actually weaken is being notedÐby Russian hardliners, Franco's Spain and the European our ability to encourage democracy in by North Korean generals, by state Community; Trujillo's Dominican Re- Cuba. sponsors of terrorism in Teheran and public and the OAS; Pinochet's Chile; The fall of communism in Eastern Tripoli, by Serbian leaders, by the Chi- apartheid South Africa; the Greece of Europe should have taught us an im- nese military eyeing Taiwan. Timidity the colonels. portant lesson: the enemy of a closed only emboldens our enemies. Where there has been no external society, such as Cuba, is not increased This conference report is the re- pressure, such as in China, there has isolationÐit is greater contact with sponse of the Congress and the Presi- been no democratic transition and the outside world. The Soviet Union dent to the murder of American citi- human rights violations have in- did not disintegrate because of an eco- zens.
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