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On the recordApril 28, 2022
To Mr. Meeks and Mr. Wilson: Thank you for your hard work on this legislation. Now, the Lord works in strange ways. As you get older, you can list the ways. The country is closer together in a most weird way for a common objective. We speak of unity more now than we spoke of division 8 months ago. Russia is bombing hospitals--war crimes. Russian soldiers are violating women and murdering children. Russia is seeking the total destruction of Ukraine. Against all odds, Ukraine and the Ukrainian people have pushed Russia back. Russia and Putin are losing. This war will not end soon. Putin is deranged and humiliated. The violence will only intensify. It is the responsibility of our government and every single American to support the Ukrainian people. Before Pearl Harbor, America enacted the Lend-Lease Act to keep democracy alive. Our legislation channels the same spirit and the same purpose. In 1940, FDR awakened America's arsenal of democracy. With it, we preserved freedom. With our action today, we reawaken that arsenal of democracy once more. We again are witnessing a conflict of civilization versus darkness, freedom versus tyranny. New Jersey's Ninth District has one of the largest Ukrainian-American populations in America. They cry out for help. We cry with them. The brave Ukrainian people have undaunted courage. They must know America stands with them no matter what. God bless Ukraine, and God bless the United States of America.…
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Bill Pascrell
Democratic · New Jersey

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