[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 5969]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, long ago it was written, ``Choose this day 
whom you will serve.''
  Today, as we go about the people's business in this House of 
Representatives, in another body on the east coast of this country, an 
international security council meets and makes decisions about who the 
United Nations will serve in these momentous times.
  Will the United Nations be a cover for tyrants and for nations who 
give them succor and support, or will the United Nations fulfill its 
historic mission and be about the business of advancing freedom in the 
world, confronting tyranny in the world, supporting civil liberties and 
basic human rights?
  It is time for the U.N. to choose. But as the members of that 
historic body meet this very week and make these momentous decisions, 
let them know that in this Congress, after these times have passed, we 
will debate and we will decide and we will choose the metes and bounds 
of the commitment of the United States of America to the United 
Nations.

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