Lawmakers April 28 1983
Lawmakers April 28 1983
Lawmakers 4/28/1983
Lawmakers April 28 1983
Cokie Roberts commenting that Republicans were afraid that Reagan would be perceived as too militaristic.
Lawmakers April 28 1983
April 27, 1983 Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America, A number of times in past years, Members of Congress and a President have come together in meetings like this to resolve a crisis. I have asked for this meeting in the hope that we can prevent one.
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Representative Gerry Studds (D - Massachusetts) in office He (Reagan) certainly played down the rhetoric from past speeches. We didn t have the flamboyant really militaristic of Alexander Haig in years gone by.
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Representative Olympia Snowe (R - Maine) in office, I think he (Reagan) made a lot of good statements and I did support the statements that he made when they were applauded. I think it was significant to that extent. And it also comprehensive statement on his policy in Central America, particularly with respect to El Salvador and Nicaragua. And I think it was important for the President to make this policy statement because the American people have questioned our intervention in Central America, so he spelled out and outlined his reasonings and rational behind his current policy there.
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April 27, 1983 Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America, El Salvador is nearer to Texas than Texas is to Massachusetts. Nicaragua is just as close to Miami, San Antonio, San Diego, and Tucson as those cities are to Washington, where we're gathered tonight.
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Representative Gerry Studds (D - Massachusetts) in office, That s all very interesting. The Soviet Union is nearer to Alaska than any of them are to Washington, but it s irrelevant.
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Representative Charlie Wilson (D - Texas) in office, Congressman Studds is from Massachusetts and I m from Texas. Mexico and El Salvador and Guatemala are a lot closer to my state than they are to his.
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April 27, 1983 Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America, here is no thought of sending American combat troops to Central America. They are not needed [applause]
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Representative Olympia Snowe (R - Maine) says The only time that I noticed a bipartisan applause is when the President mentioned he had no intensions of sending troops into Central America.
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Representative Gerry Studds (D - Massachusetts) in office, I was struck by one thing in the chamber tonight and that is the extent to which the reaction to the President s speech divided along partisan lines. With one exception the standing ovations were lead almost entirely by members on the Republican side.
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April 27, 1983 Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America. Wide shot of House Chamber, floor and upper gallery, applauding.
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April 27, 1983 Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America. the Government of El Salvador has been keeping its promises
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Representative Clarence Long (D - Maryland) in office 15,000 murders in two years without one single conviction, not one. And the American nuns who were raped and murdered by soldiers - one of them confessed and the trial cases were remanded to another court.
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Representative Olympia Snowe (R - Maine) says As members of Congress who are asked to vote for additional assistance and for assistance in any category to Central America, and specifically El Salvador, that we have also the right to expect that in return they are going to uphold the rights of their people. And that they will pursue justice for the murders for the nuns and for others who have died in El Salvador.
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April 27, 1983 Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America. What the administration is asking for on behalf of freedom in Central America is so small, so minimal, considering what is at stake.
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Representative Norman Mineta (D - California) in office If you look at what we have given to El Salvador alone in the last two years, and I believe that totals some $700 million of assistance as Senator Long pointed out, that really exceeds what has gone to our local governments here in the United States for maternal and children health programs.
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April 27, 1983 Ronald Reagan Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on Central America. . This is not a partisan issue. It is a question of our meeting our moral responsibility to ourselves, our friends, and our posterity.
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Representative Clarence Long (D - Maryland) says I think he s (Reagan) is going to get a lot of support - a lot of letters of support. But I think it s going to evoke a tremendous storm of opposition from people who are against it. And this is going to cause them to reach for their children s note paper and send a letter in. So when the two wash out, I don t think its going to come out to a net gain.
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Representative Bill Young (R - Florida) says I think I think this speech will be very effective in making a lot of members stop and think just what is it that we re about to do.
Lawmakers April 28 1983
Cokie Roberts concludes and comments so far public opinion is against El Salvador aid.