Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Colorado (Mr. Buck) for this important time talking about the horrors that have been inflicted upon people by Vladimir Putin. Specifically, we know how much damage he has been causing to the people of Ukraine. More than 1.7 million--in fact, I saw a graphic just before I came to the floor--2 million Ukrainians have been displaced, have been fleeing Ukraine for other countries nearby. Over 2,000 civilians have been killed, according to reports. But, obviously, we don't know the extent of the damage and the carnage. Thirty-eight children have been killed that we know of, but there are probably more, and 70 wounded that we know of. Madam Speaker, $10 billion in damages to Ukrainian infrastructure, probably far more than that; 200 schools, 34 hospitals, and 1,500 residential homes destroyed--these are the basic numbers just coming in. We know they are going to be far greater. On Saturday, a family with two children, a teenage son and a daughter who appeared to be 8 years old, and several other civilians were killed by a Russian military strike at an evacuation crossing point in a Kyiv suburb as they were trying to flee Ukraine. Ukraine has required men to stay to defend their country, forcing families to make the unthinkable decision. One Ukraine woman said: ``It is very hard to have your husband stay home.…”