Speaker. I would like to quote from the leading editorial of todays New York Times entitled "Backward Priorities on Haiti": The Presidents cruel decision to have the U.S. Coast Guard turn back Haitian refugees on the high seas marks the low point of a failing American policy. The Americansupported trade embargo has failed to dislodge Haitis repressive coup leaders and only harmed the Haitian poor. And now the order to rebuff refugees at sea without a hearing trashes American commitments to humanitarian treatment of political refugees. The question must be asked. how long. how long will this administration continue to say there is no room in the inn. no room in the American house for the poor and dosperate people of Haiti? Where is our humanity. where is our compassion? Is it Impossible for the most powerful nation on this planet to extend a helping hand to these thousands of Haitians who are fleeing political repression? Mr. Speaker. we must do what we can to stop the forced return of the Haitian refugees. The hour is late. but it is not too late for the Congress and the American people to act.
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