[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 119 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H6245-H6246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to condemn President Trump's 
unpatriotic performance and feckless

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groveling to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at today's summit in 
Helsinki.
  President Trump, no, no, no. Putin's Russia is not a competitor of 
the United States. His Russia is a fierce enemy of liberty in the 
United States and globally. Putin seeks every chance to undermine 
democratic institutions. He illegally invaded Ukraine and gunned down 
and poisoned freedom fighters like Boris Nemtsov.
  Our European allies are not our foes, Mr. President. They are our 
trusted friends.
  How can President Trump ignore the piercing sacrifice of bloodshed 
for liberty by thousands, hundreds of thousands of our countrymen and 
millions of our allies?
  As one of America's rich sons, he chose to dodge the draft when his 
number came up, and I haven't been able to find any veteran from his 
family.
  So I remind my colleagues of Patrick Henry's admonition: Give me 
liberty or give me death.

  With our Constitution as our anchor, this legislative branch, Article 
I, must rise to meet its constitutional obligations to preserve liberty 
at all costs, placing country over party.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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