PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3202 PRINTER'S NO. 3211
No. 244 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY M. COHEN, PITTS, VEON, DENT, BELARDI, KENNEY,
CAPPABIANCA, RUBLEY, OLASZ, NYCE, PESCI, BAKER, GIGLIOTTI,
FAJT, SERAFINI, STABACK, KING, SANTONI, O'BRIEN, BISHOP,
MARSICO, CURRY, PICCOLA, MIHALICH, SCHULER, YANDRISEVITS,
ADOLPH, TIGUE, CLARK, BATTISTO, HUTCHINSON, DALEY, HERMAN,
LAUGHLIN, HENNESSEY, ROONEY, HARLEY, DeLUCA, CESSAR,
WILLIAMS, GAMBLE, SCRIMENTI, PISTELLA, GRUITZA, KASUNIC,
L. I. COHEN AND LEDERER, FEBRUARY 2, 1994
AS AMENDED, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 7, 1994
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the
2 House Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress to hold open
3 general hearings regarding the plight of the men, women and
4 children caught in the war in Bosnia, Hercegovina.
5 WHEREAS, Linda Ann Veno, an American wife and mother, as well
6 as other Pennsylvanians, witnessed first-hand the atrocities
7 endured by innocent men, women and children in Bosnia,
8 Hercegovina; and
9 WHEREAS, Upon delivering much-needed medical supplies and
10 humanitarian aid to Bosnia, these courageous Pennsylvanians
11 discovered the complete disrespect for human life suffered by
12 Bosnian citizens regardless of their religion or ethnicity; and
13 WHEREAS, Croatian and Moslem children between the ages of 8
14 and 13 were playing together near the Mir (Peace) Hospital in
15 Mostar when an artillery shell killed six of them and maimed
16 three of them; and
1 WHEREAS, Families are being separated, lives are being
2 destroyed, neighbors are fighting neighbors and children are
3 left dying in the streets; and
4 WHEREAS, The genocide in this part of our world is
5 reminiscent of a time in world history when America's eyes and
6 ears could not see or hear human suffering; and
7 WHEREAS, When America discovered the Holocaust, it vowed to
8 never again allow the systematic destruction of people; and
9 WHEREAS, Bosnia needs America's eyes, ears and hearts to be
10 opened to the truth of its plight; and
11 WHEREAS, Moved by her experience in Bosnia and recognizing
12 the need to end the war, Mrs. Veno, upon her return to
13 Pennsylvania, established the Mother's Love Foundation to raise
14 the level of consciousness of Americans to the plight of
15 Bosnians and to raise funds for airlifting needy children to the
16 United States to receive medical care and for building
17 facilities in Bosnia to care for orphaned children there;
18 therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the Senate HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the <--
20 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania commend Linda Ann Veno for her
21 courageous work and for establishing the Mother's Love
22 Foundation; and be it further
23 RESOLVED, That the Senate HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES <--
24 memorialize Congress to seriously consider the increasing
25 inhumanity of the current situation in Bosnia, Hercegovina; and
26 be it further
27 RESOLVED, That the Senate HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES <--
28 memorialize the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House
29 Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress to hold open general
30 hearings regarding the plight of the men, women and children
19940H0244R3211 - 2 -
1 caught in the war in Bosnia; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
3 the presiding officers of each house of Congress; to the members
4 of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; to the members of the
5 House Foreign Affairs Committee; to floor leaders of each house
6 of Congress; to each member of Congress from Pennsylvania; to
7 the Secretary of State, the Honorable Warren Christopher; and to
8 the President, the Honorable William Jefferson Clinton.
B7L82BIL/19940H0244R3211 - 3 -