[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            NATO COMMITMENT

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, The Washington 
Times correctly reported on the front page about the NATO conference 
that ``President Trump's bare-knuckles diplomacy paid off.''
  ``Mr. Trump declared that the U.S. remained committed to the military 
alliance.''
  The Brussels Declaration of July 11 itself confirmed: ``We will share 
fairly the responsibilities of defending each other. Real progress has 
been made across NATO. . . . But even if we have turned a corner, we 
need to do more, and there will be further progress.''
  Today, I am grateful to welcome a delegation from Bulgaria as a 
valued NATO ally. Chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee, Dzhema 
Grozdanova of the National Assembly, who also is chair of the 
Friendship group Bulgaria-USA, is leading a delegation of assembly 
members to Washington, coordinated by Ambassador Tihomir Stoytchev. It 
is inspiring to see young Bulgarians and Americans training together at 
the base at Novo Selo to establish peace through strength.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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