Following Visit to Sweden and Finland, Blunt Calls for Quick Senate Action to Approve NATO Membership & More Trending News – UP Jobs News

WASHINGTON – Following a recent congressional delegation trip to Europe, U.S.
Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, spoke on the Senate floor today to outline
his support for the accession of Sweden and Finland into NATO. Blunt
highlighted the significant geographic and security benefits both countries
will bring to the alliance.

Following Are Blunt’s Remarks:

“Mr.
President, I want to join with my five colleagues who’ve been here today and
the two people who are with us, Senator Fischer and Senator Durbin. I would say
that one of the great things about this effort was the unanimous feeling that
all seven of us had about both what’s happening in NATO and our commitment to
win in Ukraine. We were able to demonstrate that to every group we met with,
from every country we met with.

“I
think, with the strong leadership of Chairman Shaheen and [Senator] Tillis,
that it made an impression on where we were and the unity that we have on this.
It would be interesting to know if Putin was more surprised by the Ukrainian
resistance, the poor performance of his own military. Or, my guess would be, he
may have been most surprised by what’s happened at NATO, the great turnaround
of the current NATO countries and their commitment to NATO, their commitment to
what they have been willing to do and pledged to do with NATO.

“And
then to see these two incredibly important security contributors join NATO
after 73 years of being neutral and an important part of the world and saw that
as part of their long-term commitment. But, both Finland and Sweden—who, by the
way, have been NATO contributors for some time now, in terms of being willing
to be part of NATO missions, training with their future NATO allies.

“All
that is incredibly important. But these countries not only bring incredible
security contributions to NATO, but they also bring significant geographic
contributions to NATO.

“When
you look at a map, suddenly, not just Norway, that’s been in NATO. But Sweden
and Finland in NATO has an incredible impact on the ability of what happens in
the Baltic. That’s important to us as we look to the future.

“Now,
with the exception of Russia, every country that borders and has part of a
claim on the Arctic will be a NATO country. This is a part of the world we’ve
been talking about much more in the last five years than we did the previous 25
years. To have this NATO unity as we look at the Arctic is an important thing.

“The
800-mile border that Finland has shared for years and defended for years
against Russia doubles the NATO border in Europe. The intimate understanding
that both Sweden and Finland have of Russia brings a different point of view
and a helpful point of view to NATO.

“And,
for the current members, particularly the new members of NATO, when you look at
these Baltic countries of Estonia and Latvia and Lithuania, and then look at
Poland and Romania, seeing that what happens when the unity is created, and the
force multiplier is there.

“You’ve
heard my colleagues already talk about the jet planes, the submarines, the
Navy, the Air Force that both of these [countries] bring. The cyber ability
that both of them bring to the fight is real.

“You
know, in a meeting that I was with before this meeting occurred with the
Latvian Defense Minister — one of the newest members of NATO, one of the most
vulnerable members of NATO as we’ve looked at NATO for some time — said, ‘we
don’t want to be rescued by NATO. We want to be defended by NATO.’

“I
think, today, we see the growth of NATO. We see a NATO that’s willing to do its
job, defending its members in this most successful alliance of all time. Never
been anything like it.

“President
Truman was the leader in putting this together in 1949. Here we are 73 years
later. Within my view, NATO not only is at its largest group of members, but
also its most powerful and committed group of members in the history of this
alliance.

“I
look forward to being on the Senate floor when the Senate does its job to
welcome Sweden and Finland to NATO. And I’m pleased that process has started.
And I’d yield the floor.”

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