Kendrick Meek: “Well, I think we should undertake things we undertook in 1992, and we have been working on it for the last 10 years. We…”

“Well, I think we should undertake things we undertook in 1992, and we have been working on it for the last 10 years. We should continue to bring this to the forefront of our government, to help our President and his cabinet understand the importance of paying attention to Haiti. I think it is a matter of helping America understand that we cannot sweep this condition under the rug. We cannot continue to let four or five well-meaning people, who are deliberately, because of their feelings about Haiti, cause people to die in Haiti, cause children to not have clothing. I think we should continue with the kinds of things the gentleman is doing this afternoon, the kinds of things we do in our meetings back home, the kinds of things we do when we go on the radio, appealing for help. We have to let our leaders understand how important help is to Haiti, how important help is to a nation that is struggling to become a democracy. Haiti is a democracy, and it is a small democracy that is struggling to keep democracy alive. And I repeat, it is not easy. So what we need to do is to continue to help this country and the leaders in this Congress understand, and our administration. I think they will be better able to help us if we continue to stress it. We must not lean away from it and ease up on the pressure.”