[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 199 (Friday, November 28, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                  DENOUNCING THE HORRORS OF SOCIALISM

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                               speech of

                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 21, 2025

  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, the House already passed an identical 
resolution to this last Congress. I voted against it then, as I will do 
again today. I expressed my serious concerns with how this resolution 
was written then, but nothing has changed.
  Once again, the Republican majority has thrown together a poorly 
written, ill-conceived resolution that is so sloppy that it condemns 
socialism in all its forms, including democratically elected officials 
and governments. That includes important allies and friends of the 
United States that have mainstream socialist political parties like 
Albania, Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Luxembourg, 
Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, 
Slovakia, Spain, and Sweden.
  With this resolution, House Republicans are sending a message to many 
proud democracies, including multiple members of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO), that we condemn the domestic political 
process within their nations. As Ranking Member of the House 
Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, I know just how crucial it is 
to maintain relationships with our NATO allies who have come to our 
aid. This resolution is an insult to them.
  Mr. Speaker, it is telling that on the first week back to regular 
order after shutting down the House floor for seven weeks, House 
Republicans are continuing to waste the American public's time with 
political messaging stunts like this.
  It should be rejected.

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