[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H8795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     JULY 24, 2009, THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KITCHEN DEBATE

  (Mr. LANCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, today, July 24, marks the 50th anniversary of 
an important incident in the history of the cold war, the famous 
Kitchen Debate in Moscow between then Vice President Richard Nixon and 
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
  At the informal debate in 1959, Mr. Khruschchev predicted wrongly 
that the Soviet Union would overtake America in economic prosperity. As 
Time Magazine reported, Vice President Nixon managed in a unique way to 
personify a national character proud of peaceful accomplishment, such 
as its way of life, confident of its power under threat.
  Today, I pay tribute to President Nixon for his diplomacy and his 
years of service to the Nation, including at the Kitchen Debate 50 
years ago today.

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