[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, had I been able to vote, I would have 
voted yea on the Kaine amendment No. 429 to require the advice and 
consent of the Senate or an act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or 
withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and 
authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.
  I am a cosponsor for a similar bill, S.J. Res. 37, led by Senators 
Kaine and Rubio, which establishes a mechanism for the United States to 
exit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. Although the 
Constitution provides clear guidance on Congress's role in ratifying 
treaties, it does not say anything about Congress's role in approving 
or disapproving withdrawal from a treaty. I believe, together with 
Senator Kaine and Senator Rubio, that the NATO alliance is a 
foundational principle of U.S. national security, regardless of who is 
President, and the U.S. leadership role in the alliance should depend 
on more than the whims of any one administration.

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