[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





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                       GOP = GOVERNMENT OF PUTIN

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, Helsinki will be remembered as the place 
where GOP became shorthand for ``Government of Putin.''
  Just as Trump surrenders to Vladimir Putin, these Helsinki 
congressional Republicans surrender to Trump.
  Trump's own intelligence chief, former Senator, lifelong Republican 
Dan Coats, says ``the warning lights are blinking red again'' on 
Russian attacks. Yet Helsinki Republicans refuse to act, providing zero 
funding to the States to protect election integrity today. Their 
refusal to appropriate a dime for state defense against Russian 
interference really represents nothing less than unilateral 
disarmament.
  Enough excuses. Enough weakness. Instead of a President with no 
scruples and a congressional Republican majority with no spine, we need 
strong leadership, unafraid to protect our borders and unafraid to 
protect American families from the ongoing Russian aggression against 
our democracy.

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