[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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       DEFEND PEACE IN POLAND--SANTORUM SUPPORTS NATO MEMBERSHIP

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                           HON. RICK SANTORUM

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 2, 1994

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. Speaker, as thousands of Polish Americans are 
meeting today in my district to celebrate the 63d annual Polish-
American Day at Kennywood Park, I rise to join my colleagues in 
cosponsoring H.R. 4210, the NATO Expansion Act of 1994.
  Mr. Speaker, this important piece of legislation assists and promotes 
the emerging democracies in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and 
Slovakia. H.R. 4210 provides aid and military assistance in helping 
these countries in their transition to full NATO membership by 1999. 
The people of Poland were instrumental in pushing forward with 
democratic reforms and paved the way for the fall of the Iron Curtain. 
Now, with the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, it is crucial that the 
United States continue its tradition of aiding Eastern Europe in 
consolidating their democratic and market reforms and in gaining NATO 
membership.
  During the remainder of the 103d session of Congress, I will continue 
to work to move this historic legislation toward consideration on the 
House floor.

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