[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8781-8782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           CLINTON ACTIONS HAVE TURNED RUSSIA AGAINST AMERICA

  (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, earlier today we had a 
member of the Russian Duma who held a press conference in this 
building; and he said something that is very insightful. He said that 
for years and years

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and decades and decades the Soviet Communist party has spent billions 
of dollars to convince the Russian people that America should be the 
enemy, and it did not work in spite of all the effort of the Communist 
party. He went on to say that in 45 days President Clinton has done 
what the Soviet Communist party could not do, he has turned the Russian 
people against America.
  Our embassy now tells Americans to not speak in English when they 
walk the streets. The Russians have cut off all contact with America. 
In 45 days this President has done what the Soviet Communist party 
could not do with billions of dollars in 70 years. Is this the kind of 
activity, is the continuation of this insane and reckless policy worth 
driving Russia into the hands of the ultranationalists and the 
Communists? I say no.

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