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Eric Swalwell: And, Ranking Member Collins, you can deny this as much as you want -- people died in Ukraine at the hands of Russia. And…

On the recordDecember 11, 2019
And, Ranking Member Collins, you can deny this as much as you want -- people died in Ukraine at the hands of Russia. And Ukraine, since September 2018, when it was voted on by Congress, was counting on our support. One year passed and people died. And you may not want to think about that, it may be hard for you to think about that, but they died when this selfish -- selfish President withheld the aid for his own personal gain.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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Swalwell criticizes the President for withholding aid to Ukraine, linking it to the deaths of people in the conflict.

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