On the recordMarch 28, 1996
I personally applaud President Clinton for bringing up that very difficult issue. The Russians import $2.1 billion worth of all products in the United States every year, a little over $2 billion, and one-third of that, over $700 million of that, is poultry. Now, the Senator from Arizona acted as though there were something small or childish about the President talking to President Yeltsin about that embargo, which has now been solved. The President did exactly what I would expect him to do. Would he say the same thing if they embargoed rice or wheat? Would we have heard that same speech if President Clinton had called President Yeltsin about a wheat embargo? I do not think so. I know that if Senator Dole ever became President and we had that kind of an embargo, in my opinion, he would not hesitate to pick up the phone and call the President of Russia about it.
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