| Summary: There have been many calls for
boycotts of French products recently. In our first report,
Boycott Watch sent a letter to the
French Embassy. Now Congress has got in on the act. |
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| The following is the text from a
press release from Congressman Jim Saxton Saxton (R-NJ) |
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| March 5, 2003: |
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Saxton Introduces Bill to Bar French
Firms from Post-Conflict Contracts |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim
Saxton today introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that would
block any French company from participating or receiving any U.S. government
aid or financing in any reconstruction of Iraq in a post-conflict setting. "The
position of the government of France encourages Iraqi defiance of United
Nations Resolution 1441," said Saxton, who is heading up the newly-created
House Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee. "In
fact, the French position may be well-received in Baghdad and encourage Saddam
Hussein to continue not to cooperate with U.N. inspectors."
The bill bars the French government, any
organization under its control, or any company organized under French law from
receiving U.S. grants or funds in a post-conflict Iraq. (See attached bill)
"If the French government does not want to
participate substantively in disarming Iraq of its chemical and biological
weapons, it should not receive one dollar in any contracts after the conflict,"
Saxton said. "They can't have their cake and eat it, too."
Saxton introduced an earlier resolution several
weeks ago which discouraged American tourists, the American government or
American companies from participating in the 2003 Paris Air Show. A second
resolution he introduced would specifically bar the Department of Defense,
including the U.S. Air Force, from participating in the show. The latest bill
completes a trio of bills intended to provide different options to express U.S.
sentiment to the French government.
"Congress now
has diverse choices to respond to the action— or inaction— of the
French government," Saxton said. "We expect them to support the efforts of the
United States, Britain, Italy, Spain, Poland and other countries to enforce
U.N. resolutions that demand that Saddam Hussein disarm himself of weapons of
mass destruction as he had agreed to after the Gulf War." |
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| End Of Press Release |
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| Articles: |
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| World Net Daily - February 13, 2003: France not fazed by
sanction threat - Congress targets Paris for boycotts over French opposition to
Iraq war |
| Fox
News - partial transcript from Your World with Neil Cavuto, March 3, 2003 -
Boycott French Wine |
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