Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, yesterday, President Zelenskyy made a passionate plea to the United States and all free nations to stand with the brave people of Ukraine against Putin's deadly ambitions and heartbreaking genocide. After showing gut-wrenching footage of Ukrainian cities torn apart by missiles and machine guns, he said to be the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace. Today, Madam Speaker, we have the opportunity to lead, and I thank Chairman Neal for his great leadership and work on this bipartisan provision. After bipartisan public pressure from lawmakers in Congress in both parties, President Biden announced his support for suspending Russia's special trade status. We are taking that action with today's bill. I was proud to have helped lead this bipartisan effort in the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. Both parties in Congress came together quickly, working in good faith on a bipartisan and bicameral agreement to immediately ban purchases of Russian energy and suspend our trading relationship with Russia and Belarus. We don't take these steps lightly, but Russia's aggression requires this approach. Russia will no longer enjoy the same special trade status with America as the country it is invading, so it will no longer be able to sell made-in-Russia products in the United States at lower tariffs.…”