Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022

Floor Speech

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Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chair DeLauro for her leadership in moving this bill to the floor with such dispatch and content.

I rise tonight to urge passage of this essential $40 billion supplemental security package for Ukraine.

The battle for Ukraine and what it is waging, for liberty, is not one for her to fight alone. The world must recognize the true evil that free people everywhere are confronting. Indeed, liberty's survival and the global rule of law are on the line. Russia invaded an independent sovereign nation without provocation. Ukraine is the scrimmage line for liberty on the Continent of Europe today.

Untethered to reason or humanity, Putin will not stop his brutal slaughter of innocents. Words and well wishes will not be enough. What Ukraine needs most of all is reinforcement; it needs arms, ammunition, combat vehicles, and air and sea defense.

Putin's Russia will never win this war. The courage and resolve of the Ukrainian people is already legendary, but to hasten the demise of Putin's murderous rampage, America must act without delay.

Ukraine's fight for liberty is the world's fight for liberty in this modern era. Let us arm Ukraine with the tools for the fight and put an end, sooner rather than later, to the bloodshed Putin's madness has unleashed. ``Glory to Ukraine, ``Slava Ukraini.''

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman DeLauro for uniting all of the subcommittees of Appropriations to bring this critical bill forward. I thank her for her leadership.

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