March 25, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 51 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                        NATO'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, during this Women's History Month, I rise to 
recognize the life of Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright, the first female 
U.S. Secretary of State, serving from 1997 to 2001, who has dedicated 
the best years of her life to defending liberty.
  Concurrently, it is my honor to commemorate the 70th anniversary of 
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This historic alliance 
emerged out of the ashes of the bloodiest conflict humankind has ever 
known: World War II.
  It is thanks to NATO that the free world defeated Soviet Russia's 
tyrannical grip over Europe and expanded democracy eastward. Seventy 
years later, NATO remains as vital as ever to national security.
  Today, Russia seeks to undermine democratic values enshrined by NATO 
and its member nations as Russia leads a deadly war against the 
freedom-loving people of Ukraine, seeks to spread corruption across 
Europe, and undermines democratic institutions around the world, 
including in our own elections.
  For this reason, Congress welcomes Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary 
General of NATO, to address a joint meeting here on April 3 to invoke 
the importance of America's commitment to this abiding relationship.
  On the 70th anniversary, on behalf of grateful millions of Ohioans 
and Americans, we send a message of reassurance to our European allies: 
We stand together in liberty's cause.
  Onward, NATO.

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