[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12436]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  CONGRATULATIONS ON VICTORY IN KOSOVO

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, God bless our United States 
troops and God bless them for the victory that we have obtained in the 
conflict in Kosovo.
  When I went to the Macedonian refugee camps just a couple of weeks 
ago, every man, woman and child, every elderly person pleaded with me, 
let us go back home.
  And although we must be cautious now that Serbian troops are on their 
way out, now we will have, with our NATO allies, peacekeeping troops. 
Congratulations Mr. Clinton. There is no shame in acknowledging when 
the United States is unified we can do good for the world.
  Congratulations to Sandy Berger. It is time now for us to stand 
united in an effort to make sure that peace maintains and the Kosovo 
refugees go back.
  Finally, Madam Speaker, I will introduce today the Legal Amnesty 
Restoration Act of 1999, because we have 350,000 refugees in the United 
States who have not been able to apply for their citizenship; people 
from all over the world, taxpaying people who have been able to provide 
for this Nation. It is a shame and a travesty. I hope my colleagues 
will vote for the Legal Amnesty Restoration Act of 1999.

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