January 29, 1980
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Mr. CHURCH. Mr. President, I commend the Senate on the overwhelming vote by which it has agreed to this resolution this afternoon. I think the case for it was no better stated by anyone participating in the debate than by the distinguished Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BRADLEY) , the one Member of the Senate who is a gold medal winner in the Olympics. He said:
The imperatives of a stable world order are more important than the imperatives of the playing field.
I compliment him on the very constructive role he has played from the outset in bringing this matter to a vote today.
UP AMENDMENT NO. 930
Mr. CHURCH. Mr. President, I send to the desk an amendment to the preamble of House Concurrent Resolution 249.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will be stated.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Idaho (Mr. CHURCH), for himself, Mr. PELL, Mr. McGOVERN, Mr.
BIDEN, Mr. GLENN, Mr. STONE, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. MUSKIE, Mr. ZORINSKY, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. PERCY, Mr. BAKER, Mr. HELMS, Mr. HAYAKAWA, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. LEVIN, proposes an unprinted amendment numbered 930:
Strike the preamble and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Whereas the Soviet Union initiated a massive invasion of Afghanistan on December 27, 1979; and
Whereas this invasion constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Afghanistan; and
Whereas this invasion is a threat to the peace, security, and stability of the world; and
Whereas the Soviet Union is violating all standards of international conduct; and
Whereas the world community has denounced this Soviet act of aggression overwhelmingly in the United Nations Security Council and in the United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the immediate and total withdrawal of foreign troops in Afghanistan; and
Whereas the United States Olympic Committee, responding to the urgings of the President of the United States, has directed its officers to propose to the International Olympic Committee that the 1980 Summer Olympic Games be removed from the territory of the Soviet Union and either relocated, postponed or canceled: Now, therefore be it.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to.
Mr. CHURCH. I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
The title was amended so as to read:
A concurrent resolution urging that the International Olympic Committee move or cancel the 1980 summer Olympics, that no United States team participate in Olympic games held in Moscow, that the U.S. Government intensify its efforts to win international support for a boycott of Olympic games held in Moscow, and for other purposes.
Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senate Concurrent Resolution 70 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 66 be indefinitely postponed.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.