Political Quotes

“Madam President, over the course of just 3 days, the world lost three talented, tenacious journalists to Vladimir Putin's war crimes and brutal invasion of Ukraine. Brent Renaud was a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who was working to tell the stories of Putin's war when he was fatally shot in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin on Sunday. Then, on Monday, two more journalists with FOX News lost their lives when their vehicle came under fire just outside of Kyiv. A cameraman and veteran war reporter, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed. He had been reporting in Ukraine since February. We also lost Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra ``Sasha'' Kuvshynova, who was serving as a consultant for FOX's team in Ukraine. She was just 24 years old. Their colleague, correspondent Benjamin Hall, was also injured, and he remains in the hospital. Journalists know they face danger when they report from war zones. They put themselves in harm's way to tell the world the true stories that we need to hear. Today, the Presiding Officer from Minnesota joined me and dozens and dozens of others to see the video, the pictures, and the photos of the war in Ukraine, which were shown to us by President Zelenskyy. Those pictures--many of them--were taken by very courageous journalists who risked their own lives. They bring us the unvarnished truth, unfiltered by government propaganda, at the times when we need it most.…”