CLYBURN TO LEAD U.S. DELEGATION TO OBSERVE HAITIAN ELECTIONS

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) will lead a Congressional Delegation to Haiti to observe the national elections taking place on Sunday, November 28, 2010. As Haiti continues to struggle to recover from the earthquake that struck in January, the Members of Congress traveling to Haiti want to help ensure that the election is fair and successful.

Members of Congress joining Clyburn on the trip will be Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Del. Donna Christian-Christiansen (D-VI), Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL), Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA), and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA).

The delegation is scheduled to arrive in Port-au-Prince on Sunday morning. After landing, they will receive a briefing on the elections from U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, Kenneth Merten, meet with senior officials from the Haitian government, and visit a voting center. In the afternoon, they will participate in a working lunch with several NGOs involved in overseeing the elections, visit another voting center, receive a situation report from the OAS-CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission in Haiti, and receive a final election briefing from a special representative to the United Nations Secretary General. At the conclusion of these scheduled events, the delegation will depart Port-au-Prince for Andrews Air Force Base on Sunday evening.