Mike McCaul

We are foot dragging. We are foot dragging, Mr. Chairman. And that is why I want to take action on this committee to ensure that we take action quickly and quit delaying the defeat of Putin.

It is in America's interest, in our citizens' interest, in our economy's interest to see Ukraine victorious and ejecting Putin from its sovereign United Nations recognized borders.

I support that. And I think that the EU and their neighbors in the neighborhood with the most at stake, other than Ukraine, should pony up and pay the bill.

I do not think the American people signed up for a war with Russia.

I think it is obtuse to disregard the fact that we are $32 trillion in debt, borrowing every single day to pay our own bills.

But given the total incompetence of the Administration and their intransigence to send the appropriate equipment, if we are going to be in this war without a mission statement, without an end State stated, then I understand the frustration…

I want to emphasize something that Representative Kean mentioned. This, it neither authorizes nor appropriates additional funds for these weapon systems.

This legislation, which passed the House of the last Congress, would establish a fellowship within the Fulbright program to promote a greater understanding of the history and tenets of non-violent civil rights movements.

What is also important is the United States of America and our borders and our well-being.

This resolution calls on the Administration to provide Ukraine with ATACMS, while still maintaining readiness of the U.S. military.

I urge this committee to favorably pass this resolution out of committee and stand with our brave partners in Ukraine.

How many more brave Ukrainians must die before this Administration determines that they have earned ATACMS?

I would love to work with Mr. Kean and others to come up with some language that I might be able to support.

There is just no facts that support that that is indeed true, that the provision of any single weapon system could prolong the war.

I think it is important that we are very careful in our language.

I cannot support another dime for a cause where we won't define the outcome.

I support the Administration working with our allies joining efforts together and to prudently send long-range missile capabilities to Ukraine's capable war fighters.

There is no reason to give Ukraine just enough to bleed but not enough to win.

I urge support of my bill, H.R. 4039, and support the bills en bloc presented today.

One more penny to the oppressive PRC government to fund slave labor is a penny too many.

We must stand for freedom. We must ensure that our State Department and our entities here as government agents do not engage in business that supports slave or forced labor.

The blatant disregard for human rights and religious freedom for minorities in the People's Republic of China is detestable.

This is an abhorrent practice.

By passing this bill, we will once again walk the walk and the talk, and talk the talk on our values.

This act, this bill will amend the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act and establish the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship under the Fulbright educational exchange program.