Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, let me be clear: We need to complete our work effectively on this House and find that sense of partnership that we find the right funding, the right balance of auditing and talent necessary to back the Ukrainians' success in defeating Putin. Mr. Speaker, the innocent people of Ukraine have been under unprovoked attack for over two years, their lives upended by the vengeance of a megalomaniac illegally invading and attempting to overthrow a sovereign neighbor. This war commenced in 2014 in the Donbas and Crimea and exploded into a full invasion on February 24, 2022. American military aid to Ukraine is running out and Ukrainians battling on the frontlines to defend their homeland are running out of ammunition and other crucial military supplies. They are losing the ability to defend themselves and win this war that they have so valiantly fought for 24 months--and politically and emotionally for a painful decade. To my colleagues in Congress, it is essential that we pass further aid to Ukraine. Time is running out. And when the war ends, and Ukraine hails victory, Putin must bear the responsibility for the death and destruction he has caused in their sovereign nation. He must bear responsibility of paying for Ukraine's reconstruction. Alongside my friend and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCaul, we passed our REPO bill out of committee, which would seize Russian sovereign assets for the sole purpose of Ukraine's eventual reconstruction.…”