Victoria Spartz

As much as deliberation and disagreements we have here, we are still a free country. I disagree with Representative Cohen, but I respect his opinion.

I am grateful to be here, ultimately, with Ranking Member Cohen and other esteemed experts and colleagues to find solutions and stronger ways of these--to end these horrific acts and to achieve peace through strength.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

I think you're probably a good American and you care.

You were very slow walk. Then, by the time that investigations ends, statute of limitation expired, and all your agents need to be tested for amnesia.

People right now feel--I look at Durham Report, and I called on the FISA violations. There's millions of Americans. It's like KGB but Durham Reports.

A lot of good Americans from my district came here because they are sick and tired of this government not serving them.

Refusing to enforce the laws that exist on the books, I think it is dereliction of duty.

I have a huge problem with that.

Did you change processes?

So, we're not doing an investigation.

I raised some issue actually the beginning of July and what's happening in Ukraine, I don't have any confidential human sources, just using common sense and intelligence that something is wrong happening in Ukraine.

This is inhumane. This is irresponsible, and it only benefits cartels.

If I would do what is done to some of these children, I would be in jail for child neglect.

I'm a person that always believed that the greatest of our country is the freedoms and greatness of our people.

I'm sad that unfortunately the Congress became a circus and charade.

It's unfortunate that we're starting to incentivize the lawlessness in our country.

Isn't it we're creating perverse incentives for people to come here illegally?

It's a national security crisis. It's unacceptable.

It's the same like we have a long discussions, what we're going to do with artillery, and what kind of things we can do, to deter further aggressions, and make sure that Russia understand that we're serious, and get to the table, so we can…

I think it's important decision. But it's another situation, and where we have to decide, what is our strategy, really, is, because a death by thousand cuts is really going to cost a lot of lives, and cost a lot of money.

You are to have values. If you believe in this constitutional republic, if you believe the law governs, and we don't have kings and queens that we don't have top-down approaches, then you have to stick with that.

I think Speaker McCarthy need to go, to the Ethics Committee, make his case. And the other side should have an ability to defend themselves. We always have presumption of innocence and the rule of law.

If you live in a dictatorship, if you live under tyranny, you know, what it means to have freedoms and that's why Ukrainian people are now dying for freedoms, and don't want to go back to that.