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Scott DesJarlais
@scottdesjarlais· Republican · TN· Dec 6, 2023

The Missile Defense Review emphasizes the role of allies and partners in regional missile defense.

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Andy Ogles
@andyogles· Republican · TN· Dec 6, 2023

I could go on about Al Jazeera, which is funded by Qatar, praising the torture. They were cutting off the genitals of men. They were cutting off the breasts of women. They were gang-raping women. Foreign contributions need to be found out…

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Andy Ogles
@andyogles· Republican · TN· Dec 6, 2023

I think it is important to understand that we are in a new day. October 7 changed the world. Qatar, for example, has praised Hamas. They have literally praised the systematic rape of women and the torture and rape of little girls. Surely…

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Andy Ogles
@andyogles· Republican · TN· Dec 6, 2023

The Trump administration discovered $6.5 billion in previously unreported foreign money to universities from adversarial countries. In response to the terrorist attack against Israel, I think it is important that we make it tougher. That…

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Andy Ogles
@andyogles· Republican · TN· Dec 6, 2023

My amendment is really rather simple. It is about transparency. It is about simply moving the reporting requirements. My amendment reduces the threshold for the value of gifts that must be reported from $50,000 to $1. It simply lowers the…

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Andy Ogles
@andyogles· Republican · TN· Dec 6, 2023

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 22, strike ``$50,000'' and insert ``$1''. Page 38, beginning on line 3, strike ``not less than…

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Marsha Blackburn
@marshablackburn· Republican · TN· Dec 6, 2023

I appreciate the opportunity to be on the floor this afternoon with my colleague from Kansas. It is 2 months ago tomorrow that Hamas carried out these horrific attacks in Israel. Now, bear in mind that the Jewish State--and this is the…

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Bill Lee
@billlee· Republican · TN· Dec 6, 2023

reserving the right to object, I want to note, at the outset, that we are not asked to vote in this Chamber on polling questions. We vote on legislation. While people, when responding to a poll, may respond overwhelmingly in response to…

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

We are entering a new phase of strategic competition that is growing more fierce with each passing day.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

That is why I introduced the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for Ukrainians Act.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

Russia is a horrible representative of the international community and where the international community stands in 2023 and 2024.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

I think I know the answer, but did not Russia confiscate some assets of American companies--like airplanes and things like that?

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

This really is a simple process, a simple matter. Russia broke it, they ought to pay for it.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

It would be a cruel irony to deny Ukraine the lifesaving benefit of these assets by invoking precedents for Russia's sovereignty and property rights when Russia is blatantly violating Ukraine's basic right to even exist.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

If Russia refuses to honor its moral and legal obligations to compensate Ukraine to help them rebuild, other countries can--and should--seize Russia's sovereign assets and transfer them to Ukraine.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

We must be using Russia's own money now, not just to rebuild destroyed homes after the war ends, but to be saving the lives of people who live in them now.

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Steve Cohen
@stevecohen· Democratic · TN· Dec 5, 2023

A country that has shown contempt for international law to the point where its president has been indicted as a war criminal should not enjoy the benefit of international legal protections.

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