Bill Pascrell: “It will increase the deficit while our allies need help. That makes a lot of sense. Israelis and Palestinians need our…”

“It will increase the deficit while our allies need help. That makes a lot of sense. Israelis and Palestinians need our help. Humanitarian and defensive aid is a bare minimum. Ukraine needs our leadership. Russian soldiers have been butchering women and children for almost 2 years. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include in the Record a BBC article titled: ``Whole family shot dead in Russian-occupied Ukrainian town.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey? There was no objection. [From BBC News, Oct. 30, 2023] Ukraine War: Whole Family Shot Dead in Russian-Occupied Ukrainian Town (By Vitaly Shevchenko, BBC Monitoring, and Jaroslav Lukiv) Nine people, including two young children, have been found shot dead in their house in the Russian-occupied eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha. Ukrainian officials say they believe Russian soldiers killed the whole of the Kapkanets family on 27 October for refusing to give them their house. Russian investigators say two male suspects have been held, saying they are Russian soldiers from the Far East. Ukraine and Russia have begun separate investigations into the attack. Photographs have emerged on social media showing blood- splattered and bullet-riddled bodies lying in beds, some of them still locked in an embrace. Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Monday that ``Russians' bloodied hands were involved'' in the Volnovakha killings.…”