[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5370]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  VISIT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA, ANDRES PASTRANA

  Mr. L. CHAFEE. Mr. President, as chairman of the Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere Affairs, it is a great pleasure to welcome the 
President of Colombia to the Senate of the United States. I have been 
listening with rapt attention. He has been trying to explain to us his 
hopes for the future.
  Thank you, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I join my distinguished colleague from Rhode 
Island, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs; 
along with the chairman of the full committee, Senator Helms; the 
distinguished majority leader; the minority leader; and other 
colleagues who are here--Senator Biden--in extending a very warm 
welcome to the distinguished President.
  We have great admiration for him and the people of Colombia. The 
struggle in which we are all engaged affects all of us in this 
hemisphere, particularly those in the United States. And we know we are 
going to do everything we possibly can to see to it the support of the 
United States is forthcoming to President Pastrana and the people of 
Colombia.
  Mr. President, you are warmly welcome here today. We are delighted 
you are with us.

                          ____________________