[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E753]
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              SUPPORT FOR FINLAND AND SWEDEN TO JOIN NATO

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 19, 2022

  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise today in solidarity with the 
democratic nations of Finland and Sweden in their bid to join the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  For more than seven decades, NATO has served as an Allied bulwark of 
free nations in defense of Liberty against those seeking to reignite 
the brutal horrors of the 20th century's world wars. Powerful nations 
cannot willfully invade sovereign territories of other nations at will.
  With Putin now choosing murder and violence in an attempt to 
resurrect the fallen pride of the former Soviet Union, it is essential 
for free nations to band together for the preservation and 
fortification of Liberty on the continent of Europe.
  Russia has unambiguously demonstrated its outlaw status on the world 
stage. The only defense to further escalation is strong Alliance 
between nations devoted to upholding the rule of law. Finland and 
Sweden did not choose this path--Putin and his warmongers forced their 
hands.
  The survival of global freedom is very much on the line. The time to 
admit Sweden and Finland into this sacred Alliance has arrived, NATO's 
member nations must do so without delay.

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