Henry Hyde said "I just want to say I was here in 1975, and I remember it was 2 o'clock in the morning, and we were debating, and we debated--the total debate lasted three weeks, and President Ford wanted authority to send troops to get our people out of Saigon, and Congress never could reach a decision, and I remember John Connolly--John Conlan, I guess his name was, from Arizona--standing there saying, ``It's Dunkirk over there. We're getting pushed in the sea.'' Congress could never come to closure. The President finally sent the troops anyway, but that is what it was----" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 7, 1995

I just want to say I was here in 1975, and I remember it was 2 o'clock in the morning, and we were debating, and we debated--the total debate lasted three weeks, and President Ford wanted authority to send troops to get our people out of Saigon, and Congress never could reach a decision, and I remember John Connolly--John Conlan, I guess his name was, from Arizona--standing there saying, ``It's Dunkirk over there. We're getting pushed in the sea.'' Congress could never come to closure. The President finally sent the troops anyway, but that is what it was----

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Henry Hyde

Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Reflecting on the congressional debate regarding troop deployment during the Vietnam War.

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