But we certainly do not anticipate a complete overhaul of this ship or this vessel. All we want to do is maintain it in its full capability it now has to continue doing its work as it is now doing until the Army Corps of Engineers issues…
Thomas Foglietta
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July 30, 1997
I think if the gentleman reads the question, he will find that the Constitution calls upon the Congress to promote the general welfare of this Nation.…
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I just want to emphasize, in the city of Philadelphia, before this program started, the infant mortality rate was 14.2 per thousand. After 1 year, 1 year of this program, it dropped from 14.2 per thousand to 11.7 per thousand. On behalf of…
Suppose you have not exercised due diligence but you are probably; probably an innocent person should go to jail, should be executed because they did not execute due diligence?
I do not care how long it takes. We should not be executing innocent people because we want to do it expeditiously.
I think our objective here in passing this legislation is not to expeditiously execute people but to execute only those that we are sure are guilty of the capital crime.
How in God's name he could start to compare Adolf Hitler with President Aristide, how could he possibly say that the choice of the people of Haiti is between a criminal-like Cedras and a man, a respected Catholic priest like Aristide who…





