Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
Floor Speech
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Mrs. SPARTZ. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act.
Bureaucracy, as we all know, is an enemy in any crisis, so streamlining processes and improving speed and agility are extremely important.
I just recently went to Ukraine twice, and I want to share with you the brutality of this war, the atrocities that happened to the civilian population. It is very difficult to express in words. It is very disturbing.
The strength and resiliency of the Ukraine people and their optimism are very inspiring to me as an American and inspiring to a lot of people around the world.
I talked to one of the American reporter journalists, and he said: I have been reporting here for a while, and I can tell you, Ukrainians don't even realize how much they are like Americans.
I talked to one Ukrainian servicemember, who actually grew up in the Kharkiv area close to the Russian border, and he told me: You know what? I always thought that we would become brothers and sisters, but to tell you the truth, we are not brothers anymore. This is a different people. I look at them, and we are West, and they are East. They are barbaric and lost in the last century or before.
I think it is very important for us to make sure that we support the Ukrainian people in this war and fight for freedom to bring stability and international order back to try to defend this fight for freedom and defend Europe and all of us from further escalation of this conflict.
I think it is also important for us to add some oversight and make sure that we do have military to share to make sure that these processes do work. I truly believe this collaboration of our great United States of America and our great American people with the strength and resiliency of the Ukrainian people will bring victory and peace back.
Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this bill, and I thank the bipartisan collaboration on these issues and support of this Congress and this body. It is very important for us to be strong and stand together because this is a national security issue that we need to have resolved. I truly believe our country, the greatest country in the world, is an inspiration for a lot of people, and we are going to defeat the enemies of freedom and democracy around the world.
Madam Speaker, I urge support of this bill.
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