Political Quotes

“The Baltic countries, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, over the centuries have been occupied, terrorized and vilified. At the hands of the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, these countries were illegally annexed under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of World War II. With this concurrent resolution, I hope that we may be able to provide some security to the region by once again denouncing the illegal annexation of the Baltics and to pledge the United States' continued support. Most people do not realize what happened in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia during World War II. During their occupation, there was the rigging of elections, seizing of bank accounts, censoring of the press, and suppression of religious worship. Additionally, many law-abiding citizens, including teachers and police officials, were imprisoned, sent to labor camps or executed. This was all part of a systematic campaign to transform the Baltic way of life into Russian. However, this illegal annexation had no basis in international law.”