[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 VISIT TO THE SENATE BY PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA

  Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, I take great pride now in asking 
unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess for 2 minutes so we 
may greet five Parliamentarians from the Republic of Slovenia. I take 
great pride in this. As the occupant of the Chair knows, my mother came 
from the small village of Suha in Slovenia, was an immigrant to this 
country. I know the grandfather of the Senator from Minnesota also came 
from Slovenia. So for those of us with Slovenian roots, this is a proud 
moment. In its 16 years of independence, Slovenia has established a 
stable multiparty democracy, a free press, an independent judiciary, 
and an excellent human rights record. In 2004, Slovenia joined NATO and 
became a member of the European Union. In fact, in January of 2008, 
Slovenia will ascend to the presidency of the European Union.
  So we are proud to have five members of the Slovenian Parliament 
here: Miro Petek, Marijan Pojbic, Jozef Horvat, Samo Bevk, and Marjan 
Drofenik.

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