AIPAC Action Alert: Iraq Sanctions Letter Still Circulating in House
From: AipacUpdate
Tuesday, March 14, 2000 5:04 PM
A letter circulating in the House of Representatives urging the president to maintain
the critical sanctions program on Iraq has already received signatures. To present a
strong statement of congressional unity to the White House, it is imperative that the
letter, initiated by Reps. John Sweeney (R-NY), Joe Crowley (D-NY), Doug Bereuter (R-NE)
and Tom Lantos (D-CA), receive widespread support.
Over the past decade, Iraq has become the world's second-largest exporter of oil. The
U.N. oil-for-food program, supported by the United States, mandates that Iraq spend 90
percent of its proceeds from oil sales for the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people,
including food, medicine and infrastructure development. Indeed, the oil-for-food program
provides more than enough food to meet the health needs of the Iraqi people. Any
malnutrition in Iraq is not the result of sanctions it is because Saddam is withholding
distribution of humanitarian goods to the Iraqi people.
Simply put, under the oil-for-food program, Iraq exports more than enough oil to meet
the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people. If sanctions were lifted, Saddam could spend
the oil revenue to accelerate Iraq's military programs rather than on the humanitarian
needs of Iraqi citizens.
It is essential that you contact your representative today and urge them to sign the
letter to President Clinton:
- Send an e-mail to your representative by simply clicking on
http://congress.nw.dc.us/aipac/elecmail.html
- Call the House members that you know at (202) 225-3121.
- Forward this message to your friends and ask them send an e-mail to their
representatives.
- Log on to AIPAC's web site at http://www.aipac.org and click on the AIPAC ACTION ALERT
button. See which members have already signed the Sweeney-Crowley letter.
TALKING POINTS FOR SANCTIONS ON IRAQ
Saddam Hussein is directly responsible for the suffering of the Iraqi people.
Iraq receives sufficient funds under the oil-for-food program to feed its people.
Lifting sanctions on Iraq now would be misguided and dangerous. AIPAC--America's
Pro-Israel Lobby http://www.aipac.org
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Members of the House of Representative who have signed the Crowley-Sweeney-Lantos Keep
Sanctions on Iraq letter as of 3-14:
Rep Crowley, Joseph (D-NY)
Rep Sweeney, John (R-NY)
Rep Lantos, Tom (D-CA)
Rep Ackerman, Gary (D-NY)
Rep Andrews, Robert (D-NJ)
Rep Armey, Richard (R-TX)
Rep Baca, Joe (D-CA)
Rep Baldacci, John (D-ME)
Rep Bereuter, Doug (R-NE)
Rep Berman, Howard (D-CA)
Rep Coble, Howard (R-NC)
Rep Deutsch, Peter (D-FL)
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (R-FL)
Rep Engel, Eliot (D-NY)
Rep English, Phil (R-PA)
Rep Evans, Lane (D-IL)
Rep Forbes, Mike (D-NY)
Rep Frost, Martin (D-TX)
Rep Gibbons, Jim (R-NV)
Rep Gilman, Benjamin (R-NY)
Rep Goodling, William (R-VA)
Rep Green, Gene (D-TX)
Rep Lowey, Nita (D-NY)
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn (D-NY)
Rep McIntosh, David (R-IN)
Rep McNulty, Michael (D-NY)
Rep Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)
Rep Myrick, Sue (R-NC)
Rep Nadler, Jerold (D-NY)
Rep Northup, Anne (R-KY)
Rep Pallone, Frank (D-NJ)
Rep Reynolds, Thomas (R-NY)
Rep Rogan, James (R-CA)
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL)
Rep Rothman, Steve (D-NJ)
Rep Salmon, Matt (R-AZ)
Rep Sensenbrenner, James (R-WI)
Rep Sessions, Pete (R-TX)
Rep Sherman, Brad (D-CA)
Rep Simpson, Michael (R-ID)
Rep Spratt, John (D-SC)
Rep Watkins, Wes (R-OK)
Rep Weldon, Curt (R-PA)
Rep Wexler, Robert (D-FL)
Rep Weygand, Bob (D-RI)
