Jeanne Shaheen: “I come to the floor this afternoon with my colleagues Senator Bennet and Senator Cardin. I think we are going to be…”

“I come to the floor this afternoon with my colleagues Senator Bennet and Senator Cardin. I think we are going to be joined shortly by others, Senators Blumenthal and Peters, and I am not sure who else. But we are here to register our strong support for the legislation that we just advanced with the vote earlier--the 67 positive votes--for the security supplemental. This bill would give critical support for partners like Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan; it would provide humanitarian aid for Gaza and other populations; and, equally important for us in New Hampshire, it would curb the flow of fentanyl into the United States. So make no mistake, our adversaries and our allies are watching how we respond to the war in Ukraine. If we allow Vladimir Putin to continue his unprovoked attack on Ukraine, who knows where he is going to stop. What we do today is going to determine the strength of tomorrow's autocrats, because when dictators like Putin are not held accountable for their aggression, their threat to the world grows. And if we don't act quickly to support the Ukrainians, all the battles that they have won, all the land that they have reclaimed, all the progress that they have made to win back their country could be undone. We must not deny Ukraine the resources and weapons they need to defeat Putin once and for all.…”