Today, Ukraine is heavily dependent on Russia for its source of energy.

Russia wants to control the Ukraine territory. They have the ability to control the Ukraine energy sources.

Amendment offered by Congressman Jeff Duncan of South Carolina to H.R. 4278, the Ukraine Support Act.

The Parliament of Ukraine has yet to pass any law enabling new leaders of Ukraine to counteract corruption and change the system in their departments starting from now.

We are responsible to American taxpayers. We're supposed to be good stewards of that money.

this likened sort of to Marie Antoinette's 'let them eat cake' statement. It shows how out of touch Maduro is with just the basic needs of the Venezuelans.

Russia has used its leverage twice, in 2006 and 2009, to cut off the gas supply to Ukraine.

it will be impossible to implement measures offered to Ukraine by the United States without a large-scale anti-corruptive strategy.

I will withdraw the amendment.

I share the chairman's opinion that this is Venezuela's 1776 moment where you have a people that are urging and really yearning to be free and have more self-governance.

If the U.S. has the ability to help the Ukraine become energy independent regardless of what those extraction techniques or exploration technologies are, they should be--we should be open to giving those to the Ukraine should they ask for…

I want to thank the minority for their work on this in conjunction with us.

I hope that as we evaluate St. Elizabeths, we will evaluate some of the spending like the hardest wood in the world purchased for the decking at the Coast Guard facility or rainwater flush toilets that are, in my opinion, a waste of…

I don't want to sit here, Madam Chairwoman, 2 years from now and try to justify to the American taxpayer why we had another SBInet and wasted their money.

Just to remind the committee, we are well over $17 trillion in debt. That is how big our financial hole is as a Nation.

We have been down this road before of inadequate testing with SBInet.

I appreciate technology being used, and I like the idea of integrated towers.

Having been down there to the border in Arizona I know first-hand how rugged the terrain is.

I thank the chairman for his effort here, you know, and I appreciate the comments that brought this into historical perspective.

Exporting natural gas and exporting the technology that would allow the Ukrainians to harvest and produce the resources that they have got is the right thing.

He thought the main reason was--is that it is so hard, it is very difficult to get rid of poor, or bad, or incompetent employees in the public sector.

I think almost everybody in the Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, agree that we have very great infrastructure needs in this Nation.

He said right now we are a long ways from that.

He was one of the smartest men I have ever heard.

Last week, Mr. Capuano and I and others went to an Aspen Institute breakfast with the president of the World Bank.