Sheila Jackson Lee: “I will start with associating myself with my colleagues who have just spoken and say, ``Glory to Ukraine'' and to…”

“I will start with associating myself with my colleagues who have just spoken and say, ``Glory to Ukraine'' and to indicate that my heart is broken. The words will not elevate the despicable actions of Vladimir Putin. Today we voted to secure and seek, I hope, an indictment. He is a war criminal, and he is killing children. But I must, Mr. Speaker, suggest that we have a difficult problem at the border exacerbated by Governor Greg Abbott, who wishes to make a mockery of the desperate people coming, including Ukrainian refugees, who gather at the southern border. Today, he has announced that he will bus these migrants to Washington, D.C. I am embarrassed. With the likes of George H.W. Bush, Ann Richards, Henry B. Gonzalez, as well as Barbara Jordan, who are brothers and sisters of Texas, I now have to live with Governor Greg Abbott who disgraces us by suggesting that we must take migrants and drop them off on the steps of the Capitol. I welcome them. Why don't we sit down and resolve how we deal with these desperate people? Why don't we find a way, as we were trying to do with George W. Bush, to have an immigration policy? But when he does that, he will also do that to Ukrainian refugees at the southern border. Enough is enough. ____________________”