Political Quotes

“Today I rise in support of H.R. 4278, the Ukraine Support Act. One of the many important initiatives included in this legislation is language urging the President to greatly expand the list of Russian officials and others who have been sanctioned for gross human rights violations. Until this past week, only eighteen had been sanctioned. This is unacceptable. After the recent actions of the Russian Federation, we must expand this list beyond those involved in the death of the Russian anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose imprisonment and subsequent death was the impetus for the creation of these sanctions. I am glad to hear that the President just sanctioned 20 additional individuals, freezing their assets and barring U.S. travel. However, more must be done. Others who deserve to be held accountable for their human rights abuses include militant anti-Westerner Dmitry Kiselyov--head of the Russian government-owned news agency and called the ``Kremlin's New Chief Propagandist'' by the Moscow Times--who was recently sanctioned by the European Union, and Maxim Martsinkevich, head of Neo-Nazi extremist group ``Occupy Pedophilia'' which has engaged in kidnapping and torture. There are others who are allies and friends of Vladimir Putin whom the Administration seems to have avoided placing on the list to avoid Russian retaliation--but it is clear a policy of appeasement has done nothing to deter Putin's government.…”