Garret Graves: “We have a crisis going on in Ukraine and Russia. We have a crisis going on right here in the United States.”

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

All of these groups are supporting this bill and urging a ``no'' vote on the other bill, H.R. 5342.

I think that is fair, and I think they deserve it.

The reason that we purchased Alaska was largely the geography, as well as the natural resources, and the abundance of that State is profound and just critically important.