[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SURRENDERING OUR VALUES

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, like many Americans, yesterday I watched and 
was dumbfounded by the words and the actions of the President of the 
United States as he betrayed our principles and our national interests 
on the world stage.
  Never before have we seen a President of the United States so quickly 
surrender our longstanding values and our national security interests 
to an adversary like Vladimir Putin. The President's pathetic 
performance was an embarrassment for the United States.
  Just last week, of course, his own Justice Department indicted 12 
Russian intelligence agents for the very act that he denied ever took 
place. When he had a chance to take sides between American interests 
and the American intelligence community, he wrapped his arms around 
Vladimir Putin, a KGB spy with a history of jamming his opponents and 
killing journalists. This is outrageous.

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