William Helms: “in general, the pending second-degree amendment to the Dole amendment addresses the debt owed to the United States, or…”

“in general, the pending second-degree amendment to the Dole amendment addresses the debt owed to the United States, or to private enterprises of our country, by deadbeat U.N. diplomats who just do not pay their bills. They owe over $9 million for late payments or failure to pay at all on rent and everything else imaginable that these deadbeats have purchased or contracted for. That reminds me of an amendment that I offered last year that required diplomats right here in the District of Columbia, as well as other places, to pay up on the parking fines owed to the District of Columbia. I am proud to say that it worked because they were in deep, deep trouble if they did not pay. This amendment is just about the same. It sheds sunshine on those diplomats who choose to ignore paying their just debts, as Boutros Boutros-Ghali described it in his statement as quoted in the newspaper this morning. I think that the publicity may embarrass these people into paying these bills.”