Alan Grayson

I remain concerned about the provision in this amendment that says that one means of fighting corruption in the Ukraine is to pass legislation that promotes the greater protection of private property.

The NATO-Russia Council has served to help prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons in other countries.

What the NATO-Russia Council actually does is, among other things, make it less likely that we go to war against Russia.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's illegal.

My reading of the bill, Congressman Yoho, is that we're actually taking money from the Pakistani aid budget and putting it into the Ukraine aid budget instead, so rather than stealing from Peter to pay Paul, we're actually stealing from…

I don't think that we should withdraw from the NATO-Russia Council. I don't think that we should attempt to disband it.

Why does the gentleman think it would be constructive for this Congress to tell the Ukrainian Congress what it should be passing or not passing?

I don't think that we are on the right side of history as President Obama might say.

I think that the bill as it is now actually takes appropriate steps with regard to corruption.

There must be some kind of acknowledgement of the fact that the people in the eastern part of the Ukraine do not want to be part of the EU, and the people in the western part of the Ukraine do not want to be lorded over by Russia.

Russia has the largest hydrocarbon reserves in the entire world. It seems unlikely that Russia will be importing natural gas anytime soon.

Just to be historically accurate, it wasn't Stalin that added the eastern part of the Ukraine. It was Lenin, and it was Khrushchev.

But the fact is that there are irreconcilable differences between these two parts of the population.

I think the resolution is at best a half-measure that doesn't acknowledge the underlying cause or attempt to come up with a solution.

Where is it in the Constitution of the United States that says that the U.S. House of Representatives, the representatives of the people of the United States, have any authority to call on the United States as a whole to do anything?

I know nonsense when I see it, and this is poorly written nonsense, with all due respect to the gentleman from Texas.

I support this resolution and strongly object to and condemn Russian interference in any other country, including neighboring countries.

Calls on Ukraine and European countries and former Soviet Republics to support energy diversification initiatives to reduce Russian control of energy exports, including by promoting energy efficiency and reverse gas flows from Western…

This is a critical moment for them, and we have to be on the side of those who are aspiring to self-government and individual liberty.

Today is a sad anniversary. Twenty years ago today, the brilliant comedian, Bill Hicks, died of cancer at the age of 32. Hicks' comedy has been an inspiration to me and millions of others. He has been voted the fourth greatest stand-up…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amend the title so as to read: ``Making continuing appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 161, noes 228, not voting 42, as follows: =========================== NOTE =========================== October 14, 2013…

It strengthens the reporting requirements in the Annual Report on International Child Abduction.

Yes, I do, and I was about to get to it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may proceed.

Well, I have to say, Mr. Chair, that in doing so, you, yourself, at this point---- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not recognized. The resolution alleges that a lapse in appropriations impairs the dignity of the House. It further…