Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of my amendment No. 14 to the fiscal year 2025 State-Foreign Operations bill. My amendment prohibits funds for foreign military sales to Ukraine. The Foreign Military Sales, or FMS, Program is a form of security assistance authorized by the Arms Export Control Act. As of June 7, the United States has spent nearly $600 million in active government-to-government sales cases with Ukraine under the FMS Program. The United States should not approve of foreign military sales to authoritarian foreign countries like Ukraine. Ukraine has arrested priests, raided a monastery, suspended 11 opposition political parties, and consolidated all television platforms into a single state channel. The country does not even allow Presidential elections. Even more shocking is that the FMS Program may be used to supply Ukraine with American weapons that can be used to strike inside Russia. Last May, the State Department approved a possible emergency foreign military sale to Ukraine of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. Concerningly, just last month, an American-supplied HIMARS rocket system was reportedly likely used in an attack inside of Russia. I, for one, would rather not have American weapons being used on the territory of a country we are not even at war with.…”