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.

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

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…

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?

They are susceptible to pressure if we apply smart sanctions.

I don't want to sound flip, but I will tell you that we weren't expecting Putin to visit Disney World any time in the near future.

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

I think it is fair to say that the Russians have skated around the agreement that they signed 20 years ago.

I think that is an important fact. In fact, I think that is the central fact of the situation that we face today.

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

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

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…

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 108, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $150,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 9, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $250)''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. _. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act…

This amendment, Mr. Chairman, expands the list of contractors who are forbidden from contracting with the Federal Government, to include such contractors as those who have been convicted of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, et cetera…