Timothy Roemer: “I rise in support of the Hamilton amendment for three reasons. But I also have a great deal of respect for the gentleman…”

“I rise in support of the Hamilton amendment for three reasons. But I also have a great deal of respect for the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. McCloskey], who has been so knowledgeable and has so much passion on this issue and has visited the country so many times. I support the resolution offered by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] for three reasons. First of all, Madam Chairman, we have been celebrating for the past 2 weeks Normandy and D-day, and we have read and we have heard about Juno and Sword beaches, of Utah and Omaha. That was leadership, ladies and gentlemen, United States leadership with our allies, the Canadians and the British. That was the consummate definition of leadership; not doing it alone, but leading others, compelling others to be involved in the liberation of a continent. So I think when we talk about leadership, we do not just talk about unilateral leadership, we talk about multilateral leadership and alliances and convincing others on the merits to get involved. Second, timing: We have a historic agreement between the warring parties. Will it hold? There are no assurances that it will hold, we are not certain that it is going to hold, but if we are as cynical, as skeptical about the Middle East or South Africa, then we would not have seen some of the miracle that has occurred, especially in South Africa, if we had been so skeptical about what might happen in that country.”