[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 118 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DISPARAGING NATO ALLIES IS NOT PRODUCTIVE

  (Mr. CONNOLLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, we just heard my friend from Michigan talk 
about how NATO allies have to live up to their obligations.
  NATO allies have been living up to their obligations. In fact, 
article V of NATO has only been invoked once, and it was on behalf of 
the United States by our NATO allies.
  The way to get NATO working is not to blow up a NATO summit, and it 
is not to disparage NATO allies--allies of half a century. Now we see 
that same wrecking ball strategy in the United Kingdom, our oldest ally 
on the face of the Earth.
  This is no way to conduct foreign policy. It is destructive, and it 
will hurt the United States' interests that have been served long by 
our allies and by NATO in particular.
  I hope the President of the United States comes to his senses and 
understands talking discretely is far better than blowing it up.

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