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SENATE RESOLUTION 124--CONGRATULATING THE EUROPEAN UNION ON THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF ROME CREATING THE EUROPEAN
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AMONG 6 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND LAYING THE
FOUNDATIONS FOR PEACE, STABILITY, AND PROSPERITY IN EUROPE

Mr. BIDEN submitted the following resolution; which was considered
and agreed to:

S. Res. 124

Whereas after a half century of war and upheaval, and in
the face of economic and political crises and the threat of
communism, European visionaries began a process to bring the
countries of Europe into closer economic and political
cooperation to help secure peace and prosperity for the
peoples of Europe;
Whereas, on March 25, 1957, 6 European countries--the
Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the
Netherlands, and Luxembourg--signed the Treaty of Rome,
creating the European Economic Community;
Whereas the Treaty of Rome established a customs union
between the signatory countries, but also did much more,
creating a framework that has broadened and deepened over
time into the European Union, promoting the free movement of
people, services, and capital, and common policies among the
countries in important areas, and that has helped secure the
spread of peace and stability in Europe;
Whereas the European Economic Community expanded to bring
more European countries into closer union, with the United
Kingdom, Denmark, and Ireland joining in 1973, Greece joining
in 1981, and Spain and Portugal joining in 1986;
Whereas the member countries of the European Economic
Community agreed to the Single European Act in 1987, paving
the way for a single European market, and on February 7,
1992, the member countries of the European Community signed
the Treaty of Maastricht, furthering the economic and
political ties among the member countries and creating the
European Union;
Whereas the European Union has continued to grow so that
the European Union now comprises 27 countries with a
population of over 450,000,000, after the successful
unification of Germany in 1990 and the joining of Austria,
Finland, and Sweden in 1995, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia,
and Slovenia in 2004, and Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and
the European Union continues to consider expanding to include
other countries central to the history and future of Europe;
Whereas the European Union has developed a broad acquis
communautaire covering policies in the economic, security,
diplomatic, and political areas, has established a single
market, has built an economic and monetary union, including
the Euro currency, and has built an area of freedom,
security, peace, and justice, extending stability to its
neighbors;
Whereas the European Union played a key role at the end of
the Cold War in helping to spread free markets, democratic
institutions and values, and respect for human rights to the
former central European communist states;
Whereas the United States and the European Union have
shared a unique partnership based on a common heritage,
shared values, and mutual interests, and have worked together
to strengthen international cooperation and institutions, to
create a more open international trading system, to ensure
transatlantic and global security, to preserve and promote
peace, freedom, and democracy, and to advance human rights;
and
Whereas the United States has supported the European
integration process and has consistently supported the
objective of European unity and the enlargement of the
European Union to promote prosperity, peace, and democracy:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) congratulates the European Union and the member
countries of the European Union on the 50th anniversary of
the historic signing of the Treaty of Rome;
(2) commends the European Union for the critical role it
and its predecessor organizations have played in spreading
peace, stability, and prosperity throughout Europe; and
(3) affirms the desire of the United States to strengthen
the transatlantic partnership with the European Union and
with all of its member countries.

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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED

SA 641. Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to the bill H.R.
1591, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other
purposes.
SA 642. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 641 proposed by Mr. Byrd to the bill
H.R. 1591, supra; which was ordered to lie on the table.
SA 643. Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr.
Lieberman, Mr. Graham, Mr. Warner, Mr. Stevens, Mr.
Brownback, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Craig, Mr. Allard, Mr. Bennett,
and Mr. Enzi) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 641
proposed by Mr. Byrd to the bill H.R. 1591, supra.
SA 644. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1591, supra; which was
ordered to lie on the table.
SA 645. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1591, supra; which was
ordered to lie on the table.
SA 646. Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 1591, supra; which was
ordered to lie on the table.
SA 647. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1591, supra; which was
ordered to lie on the table.

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