This put simply as many of us have said today is genocide.

I recently introduced legislation, House Res. 304 supporting the International Criminal Court's issuance of arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova.

And we passed in the last Congress a piece of legislation called Justice for Victims of War Crimes that Senator Grassley and Senator Durbin and Representative Spartz and I worked on which would allow us to prosecute people for war crimes…

we must hold the Russians--Russia war criminals, that is what they are, we must hold them accountable.

I have introduced House Res. 81, calling on the President to support the creation of a special tribunal for the punishment of crimes of aggression against Ukraine.

the establishment of special tribunal for the crime of aggression is an extremely important element of our web of accountability

I commend you for your courage, your bravery, and your--just a strong character to seek justice against these monsters.

To ensure that this never happens again and to provide justice for victims and survivors, all those who orchestrated and enabled the commission of core international crimes should be held accountable.

Ukrainians did not ask for this unjust war. They are only asking for our support as they defend their homes and their sovereignty.

Have you looked in the mirror?

These are more than war crimes. These are more than crimes against humanity. What we are witnessing in Ukraine is genocide.