Political Quotes

“I understand how strongly she feels about this issue. I also feel strongly about the people of the Ukraine and their rights to have a free and an open society. Mr. Chairman, this bill does not signal an abandonment of Ukraine. Let me note that we have $125 million in the bill for the Ukraine. Is that down? Yes, it is down. Last year was $170 million; before that it was $225 million. Nonetheless, at $125 million we are two and a half times the amount that we have in the bill for India, a country of a billion people. So the $125 million that we are spending on this one country, we hope this newly emerging democracy in Central Europe, is certainly not pocket change. As the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) knows, the Ukraine is a struggling new republic. I am quoting here from her own letter, "a struggling new republic riddled with corruption, lacking a robust justice system and crawling its way to an open society. There are horrendous abuses there." Those are her words from her own dear colleague letter.”