[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H219-H220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    U.S.-POLAND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

  (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. Madam Speaker, 2019 marks the 100th 
anniversary of diplomatic relations between Poland and the United 
States.

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  As praised by Ambassador Piotr Wilczek:

       It has been a century of solidarity, understanding, but 
     most of all friendship. Our bond is stronger than ever, and 
     we look forward to the next 100 years to come.

  In 1795, imperial Russia and Prussia occupied the Polish nation, 
ending its official existence for 123 years.
  The Washington Times recounted:

       In 1918, the Versailles Conference restored an independent 
     Polish state. Freedom was lost once more in 1939 as Nazi 
     Germany invaded from the west and Soviet Russia from the 
     east. Subjugation continued until 1989, with the end of the 
     Soviet-backed communist rule.

  Free and democratic Poland today is a valued member of NATO and the 
European Union.
  Poland has achieved 25 years of uninterrupted economic growth, now 
continued by President Andrzej Duda.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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