[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          DEMONSTRATE PEACE WITH 72-HOUR CEASE-FIRE IN KOSOVO

  (Mr. CLEMENT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, I am as concerned as we all are about what 
is going on in Kosovo. This conflict bothers me more than the Persian 
Gulf, Haiti, Bosnia and many of the crises that we have had.
  I think it is time for us to have a 72-hour cease-fire. Let us let 
the Russians try to work out a peace settlement. I support the mission. 
I support our troops. I support NATO. I have seen firsthand the 
hostility, the destruction of lives and the destruction of property in 
my visits to Bosnia and Macedonia. I know the ethnic Albanians have 
suffered greatly. I want them to have the opportunity to go home.
  I realize the United States now is the only superpower. But the 
United States and NATO need to show some real courage, some humility, 
and do what the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Blagojevich) has done. He 
showed real leadership by going to Belgrade and demonstrating to the 
world that we want peace. The best way to demonstrate peace is to have 
a 72-hour cease-fire, and let us do it now.

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