[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  U.S. AND NATO WILL PREVAIL IN KOSOVO

  (Mr. KIND asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I am just in my second term here in the United 
States and I have to state that tonight I have never been more 
embarrassed to be a Member of this institution based on the vote that 
we just cast a few minutes ago.
  Has partisan politics so permeated this culture that we cannot see 
the long-term vision of what is happening in Europe? Milosevic is the 
only surviving tyrant left on the continent. He is surrounded by 
democracies.
  Who amongst us 10 years ago could have predicted that some of the 
most repressive Communist regimes in central Europe would be 
flourishing democracies and members of the European Union and NATO 
today?
  That is the inevitable course of events in Europe. And we have a 
role. Peace and humanity will prevail in Kosovo. The refuges will go 
home. They will have security. They will have self-autonomy.
  And, Mr. Milosevic, make no mistake about this vote tonight, that is 
not negotiable; the U.S. and NATO will prevail, or God help us all.

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