[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11102-11103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           THE WAR IN KOSOVO

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, the Los Angeles Times headline points out 
that the United States or NATO is preparing to send 50,000 troops to 
Kosovo, to the Kosovo border. They call them

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peacekeepers. Sure. And the White House says we are not at war.
  Mr. Speaker, 50,000 heavily armed troops to the Kosovo border. The 
Rambouillet Peace Agreement called for 28,000 troops, but we are 
sending 50,000 armed troops to the Kosovo border.

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  The air strikes have not worked. Twenty thousand sorties, and the 
White House says we are not at war. There has been no resistance from 
the air, but Milosevic's troops are preparing for a ground war. There 
has been no progress in peace talks because the U.S. is not letting the 
Russians help, and there is no real effort to find an agreement. There 
is an insistence on total NATO occupation of the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia.
  America, we are headed towards a ground war in Kosovo. Congress voted 
against declaring war, and we are at war. Congress voted against an air 
war, and we are at war. We have an air war. Congress voted against a 
ground war, and we are headed towards a ground war.
  This war violates the U.S. Constitution, a violation of the War 
Powers Act. We need to respect the Constitution. Pursue peace, not war. 
Pursue peace through negotiation and mediation. Do not escalate this 
war.

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