Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Sires), the chair of the subcommittee dealing with the very important issue that we are dealing with now in the Western Hemisphere and Venezuela, and I associate myself with his remarks in that regard. I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Rooney), who has been a strong advocate of energy diversification and renewable energy on the Foreign Affairs Committee, for his support. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1616, which is a bill I introduced with the ranking member, Representative Kinzinger, as well as a bill I sponsored towards the last days of the last Congress with Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, showing bipartisan and bicameral support for this effort. Mr. Speaker, we saw again last weekend with the summary of the Mueller report coming forward just underscoring, once again, the attack that was made on our country by Russia. There is no mistaking it now. There was little mistake, given our intelligence sources at the time. This is not only a way that Russia is seeking, number one, to attack the democracies of our country, but also to strategically create a wedge with the greatest asset we have, something that they certainly do not have. {time} 1715 That asset is the coalition we have with our European allies. It is one of our greatest strengths, and it is unique to this historic coalition.…”