Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank Chairman Neal and Congressmen Doggett and Blumenauer for this important statement. Slaughter is not a sufficient…”

“I thank Chairman Neal and Congressmen Doggett and Blumenauer for this important statement. Slaughter is not a sufficient definition of what Putin and Putin's war is doing to the innocent Ukrainian people. I rise in strong support of totally removing from them normal trade relations, as just a few weeks ago I was on the border of Lithuania and Belarus, where the 30 to 40,000 Russian troops were poised, poised, ready to move and to slaughter. How outrageous, when babies are killed, when hospitals with pregnant women, when a mother who lost her life because her pelvis was crushed, her baby and herself died because of Putin. They continue to slaughter. They continue to destroy historic places. They continue to destroy hospitals and government buildings, and they are not ceasing. So glory to Ukraine. We must stand with them and realize that their fight is our fight. As we in the civil rights movement experienced the idea of lack of justice, we know that this does not even equate to the violence that Russia is putting forth. I support this legislation.”