Lukashenko, I believe, is guilty of war crimes, and he needs to be held to account by the ICC and any other court that will take this up.

Alexander Lukashenko is an illegitimate dictator. The fraudulent 2020 Belarusian Presidential election made a mockery of democracy.

You are an inspiration, obviously, for the people of Belarus and then, hey, ultimately, an inspiration for the people of Russia itself that they, too, under the repression of war criminal Putin, 1 day there will be a free and democratic…

She has earned this position by showing enormous courage and principle, and many of us and I believe it, beyond any reasonable doubt, she won the election.

The U.S. must continue to support the democratic development of Belarus.

I especially want to recognize that women have played a leading role in Belarusian, the democratic movement that has grown.

I hope to build on that support in this Congress.

It is important that I am here today in this first hearing because it is a topic that means so much to me: democracy, democracy and the preservation of it.

I am circulating to the other members the Belarus Democracy Act and Human Rights and Sovereignty Act of 2023, which we hope to move as quickly as we can.

The fulfillment of these aspirations is critical to ensuring the continued strength of Belarusian sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Congress must take greater steps to ensure the historically underserved students have the resources they need to succeed in college.