[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DEFENDING U.S. INTERESTS

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Russia is not our friend; 
Russia is our adversary.
  We witnessed our President side with an autocrat and adversary of our 
country over his own intelligence community and blame the USA for our 
relationship with Russia.
  From separating families at the southern border to embracing Putin 
over the protection of U.S. interests, Mr. Trump has thrown out that 
values that our country is founded on.
  Putin may be Mr. Trump's friend, but he is not America's. Our 
President forgets that the U.S. interests go beyond his own personal 
interests and relationships. If Putin wants to return to the days with 
no pushback from the U.S., that is one thing. If our President wants to 
return to those days, rather than defend America and our allies, that 
is another.
  It shouldn't matter whether you are a Republican or a Democrat. If 
the President of the United States won't defend our interests before 
those of our adversaries, Congress must.

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