Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in strong support of this resolution. Tomorrow, we will welcome the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, to address a joint session of Congress. It is fitting that the leader of the Ukrainian people will speak in this Chamber where over the centuries our own democracy has grown and thrived. Today, we know that freedom and democracy in Ukraine are under threat. So with this resolution we will send a clear signal to President Poroshenko and to the people of Ukraine that we stand by them. America stands with them. I visited Ukraine a few months ago with my friend, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Royce. Everywhere we went we heard the same thing: the people of Ukraine do not want Russian interference in their country. Ukraine is an independent Nation--it is not part of another country-- and the people of Ukraine have a right to make a determination for themselves as to what their policies would be without intimidation from Mr. Putin or anybody else. This hit home, especially for me, when I visited a synagogue in eastern Ukraine. My four grandparents were born in Ukraine. {time} 1245 Two older men at this synagogue approached me to talk about the Russian threat. Over the last century, their eyes have seen the tide of history roll in and out of Ukraine.…”