Honorable Paul Wellstone
United States Senator, Minnesota, Democrat
Senator Wellstone was first elected to the U.S. Senate in1990. He was a Professor at Carleton College from 1969 to 1990.He serves on the following committees: Foreign Relations; Laborand Human Resources; Veterans’ Affairs; Indian Affairs; and SmallBusiness. The following statement is from the Senate floor debateof March 19, 1998, on Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of1949 on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.I think the decision that we make here in the Senate aboutwhether or not to support expansion of NATO will crucially affectthe quality or lack of quality of the lives of our children andour grandchildren.Why…