[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 65 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CLINTON ACTIONS HAVE TURNED RUSSIA AGAINST AMERICA

  (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, earlier today we had a 
member of the Russian Duma who held a press conference in this 
building; and he said something that is very insightful. He said that 
for years and years and decades and decades the Soviet Communist party 
has spent billions of dollars to convince the Russian people that 
America should be the enemy, and it did not work in spite of all the 
effort of the Communist party. He went on to say that in 45 days 
President Clinton has done what the Soviet Communist party could not 
do, he has turned the Russian people against America.
  Our embassy now tells Americans to not speak in English when they 
walk the streets. The Russians have cut off all contact with America. 
In 45 days this President has done what the Soviet Communist party 
could not do with billions of dollars in 70 years. Is this the kind of 
activity, is the continuation of this insane and reckless policy worth 
driving Russia into the hands of the ultranationalists and the 
Communists? I say no.

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