[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  NATO

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is important for my colleagues and 
as well the American people to know that NATO is not just section 5, 
when one is attacked all are attacked. NATO is thought. It is purpose. 
It is a sense of collaborative viewpoints on the value of democracy.
  It is important that any Commander in Chief, no matter what party 
affiliation, passes the standard of decorum to recognize our allies and 
to strengthen the relationships and to give criticism where necessary 
and to seek improvement, but not to be an embarrassment.
  I think it is important, as meetings are proceeding, that we 
recognize that our allies are far more important than an individual who 
continues to provide nerve gas to kill people on foreign soil, to be 
behind attacks on airplanes taking over Crimea and other places. It is 
important to recognize that, yes, you engage with your enemy, but you 
recognize that they are your enemy.
  I would also suggest that it is hardly the American way for the U.S. 
delegation to oppose a breastfeeding resolution at the World Health 
Organization and to punish a little country like Ecuador.
  I want us to be better internationally, Mr. Speaker, and stand for 
the values of America.

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