I want to reiterate that the thing that has impressed me is that more and more Members are trying to look beyond the politics of this issue and just ask what's good for America.

I think the obvious import of what's happened in the last few days is that we're moving in the right direction.

First, we must make Americans more secure in their families and at work.

Cedras is to go under the agreement.

The sanctions, in our judgment, should remain in effect until it is clear that this process is moving forward.

We are waiting to go there as we were invited by all the parties: to be advisers.

America is always at its best when we look to the future.

This is not peacemaking, this is about restoration of democracy.

For it is in many ways what ought to be America's theme today, how we can be more together than we are apart.

We have to stop this.

We never intended, and we have no intention now, of interfering in the internal affairs of the Haitians.

We will not send that mission forward in an environment that is not cooperative.

We will pursue in the United States Security Council the reimposition of sanctions that had been in place prior to the beginning of the implementation of the Governors Island Agreement.

Our Nation is grateful to them; so are most of the people of Somalia.

I have no intention of sending our people there until the agreement is honored.

This debate is fundamentally about creating jobs and defining America's role in an increasingly competitive global economy.

I still think it will come back to life.

NAFTA represents the best immediate opportunity to expand our markets and create new jobs at home.