Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 162) calling on the President to provide Ukraine with military assistance to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 162 Whereas the existence of an independent, democratic, and prosperous Ukraine is in the national interest of the United States; Whereas the Russian Federation under President Vladimir Putin has engaged in relentless political, economic, and military aggression to subvert the independence and violate the territorial integrity of Ukraine; Whereas this aggression includes the illegal and forcible occupation of Crimea by Russian military and security forces; Whereas this Russian aggression includes the establishment and control of violent separatist proxies in other areas of Ukraine, including arming them with lethal weapons and other materiel including tanks, artillery, and rockets that have enabled separatist militias to launch and sustain an insurrection that has resulted in over 6,000 dead, 15,000 wounded, and more than a million displaced persons; Whereas military and security forces of the Russian Federation have been infiltrated into these areas of Ukraine and continue to provide direct combat support to the separatist groups in this conflict; Whereas failure to stop this aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, especially its unprovoked and armed intervention in a…”