[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 86 (Monday, May 22, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H2484-H2485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        NATO SUPPORTING UKRAINE

  (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, this weekend, I was 
grateful to participate in the U.S. delegation to the NATO 
Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Luxembourg led by Intelligence 
Committee Chairman  Mike Turner with former Assembly President Gerry 
Connolly.
  U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrett and our Luxembourg hosts were incredible, 
providing a heartfelt welcome by President of the Chamber of Deputies 
Fernand Etgen with the enthusiastic Ambassador to the United States, 
Nicole Bintner. The Minister of Defense Francois Bausch indicated that 
the budget for defense is being doubled in the great country of 
Luxembourg.
  Prime Minister Xavier Bettel hosted breakfast today for the 
delegation, and he cited the Luxembourg appreciation of America that 
will never be forgotten for the thousands of Americans who died 
fighting for their liberation in 1944.
  The closing resolution approved today reaffirmed unwavering support 
for Ukraine's democracy and territorial integrity and holds accountable 
the Russian regime for its war crimes. He also denounced the ideology 
and practice of ruscism, defining Putin fascism.
  On our departure, we had the leadership of Congresswoman Ann Wagner, 
former Ambassador to Luxembourg, to lay a wreath at the historic 
Luxembourg American Cemetery.
  Our sympathy to the family of the beloved Mary Dozier Lee Ellsworth 
of Lexington.

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