Sander Levin: “I am voting today for the McCloskey amendment to unilaterally lift the arms embargo on the Bosnian Government. The…”

“I am voting today for the McCloskey amendment to unilaterally lift the arms embargo on the Bosnian Government. The United States must send a clear message to the Serbs that we expect their full cooperation at the negotiating table and will not tolerate their continued aggression against the Bosnian people. It is clear that talk alone has not brought about peace. For 2 years, the United States and other democratic nations have worked for a negotiated settlement. Recently, the negotiations in Geneva have again raised hopes that a political settlement may be reached. The fact remains that 2 years of negotiations have failed to stop Serbian aggression and the horror of ethnic cleansing. More than 200,000 Bosnians have died over the past 2 years. We must do more to stop the killing. Passage of the McCloskey amendment will keep the pressure on the Serbs to end their campaign of aggression. The United States must make it unmistakably clear that we expect the Serbs to agree to a fair peace settlement. I urge the House to adopt the McCloskey amendment.”