[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 69 (Monday, May 17, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H3055]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING SONIA GANDHI, INDIA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer congratulations and best 
wishes to Sonia Gandhi, India's next Prime Minister.
  India, the word's largest democracy, reminds us that people can 
change the course of their country without violence. In these troubled 
times, India has given us another valuable lesson. It is not the first 
time the world has looked to India and learned.
  Another Gandhi changed his country and changed the world by relying 
on ideas instead of violence, by believing in people and the common 
good.
  Mahatma Gandhi once said, ``You must be the change you wish to see in 
the world.'' How true those words are today.
  The voices of a billion Indians have spoken, and India today stands 
tall in the international community. We look forward to working toward 
peace with the Indian people and their new Prime Minister.

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