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| Two Congressmen Leave For Honduras with DeMint |
| 2009-10-03 |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, announced that he will lead a delegation of U.S. Congressmen to Honduras today. The group will include U.S. Representatives Peter Roskam (R-Illinois), Aaron Schock (R-Illinois), and Doug Lamborn (R-Colorado). They plan to meet with Honduran President Roberto Micheletti, members of the Honduran Supreme Court, election officials, and Honduran business and civic leaders. "I look forward to meeting with Honduran government officials about their continued efforts to ensure a free, fair, and uncompromised election this November," said Congressman Peter Roskam. "These values are sacred to any functioning democracy, and are especially important in Honduras where they are geographically susceptible to the aggressive dictatorial regime of Hugo Chavez." Yesterday, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) attempted to block the delegation's trip at the last minute, denying committee approval. However, late Thursday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) intervened and approved the trip to allow the Senator and Congressmen to assess the facts on the ground in Honduras. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Anonymoose: Greta Van Susteren did an interview with Micheletti and he claimed Zelaya, in league with Chavez, was importing bombs. Several writers on her blog living in Honduras claimed Arabs were buying up the land, several planes had crashed with large shipments of cocaine from Venezuela, and they whole-heartedly wanted Zelaya out. I'm glad the senators are actually doing a necessary fact-finding mission, rather than jet-setting around the Mediterranean and Europe, vacationing on the taxpayers' tab. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-10-03 13:40 |
| #2 Yesterday, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) attempted to block the delegation's trip at the last minute, denying committee approval. How many visits to Cuba by Congressional Donks? What about that Dear Commandante letter from Speaker Jim Wright to Daniel Ortega? How about those Congressmen who went to Saddam's Iraq prior to the second Gulf War? One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-03 08:03 |
| #1 I hope those congressmen brought a whole bunch of cameramen, photographers, conservative bloggers, etc., with them. Hell, invite Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, and Glenn Beck to do a "Live from Honduras" show. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-10-03 00:49 |