Robert Livingston said "Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment on the floor. We just saw a transformation of history with the 1994 elections in South Africa. They were the first free and full and open elections in South Africa. It is the first time they have had a majority rule, an opportunity for that in the country. They need time to prove themselves. We should not be cutting their progress off at the knees. Mr. Callahan passed in the full committee an amendment which makes clear that this aid in this bill is transitional, it is not an entitlement. This is a first step, an expression of support by the United States of America that free and fair and open elections in South Africa should be the wave of the future. The Burton amendment would limit and deprive OPIC and TDA from encouraging private investment. It should be defeated." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 25, 1994

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment on the floor. We just saw a transformation of history with the 1994 elections in South Africa. They were the first free and full and open elections in South Africa. It is the first time they have had a majority rule, an opportunity for that in the country. They need time to prove themselves. We should not be cutting their progress off at the knees. Mr. Callahan passed in the full committee an amendment which makes clear that this aid in this bill is transitional, it is not an entitlement. This is a first step, an expression of support by the United States of America that free and fair and open elections in South Africa should be the wave of the future. The Burton amendment would limit and deprive OPIC and TDA from encouraging private investment. It should be defeated.

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Robert Livingston

Republican · Louisiana

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Editor's note · Context

Opposing an amendment related to U.S. aid and investment in post-apartheid South Africa.

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