[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 3, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SUPPORT UKRAINE AND COUNTER THE RUSSIAN BEAR

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, earlier tonight, the Democrat leadership 
of this House put to the floor a resolution, H. Res. 546, to state that 
Russia should not be allowed to officially rejoin the G7. That 
resolution calls out the President's desire to reengage with Russia in 
the G7 in an attempt to put Republican Members in the House in a false 
debate between supporting the President and supporting Ukraine's 
sovereignty.
  Madam Speaker, there is no debate, at least not in the Republican 
Conference. As we all have voted before:
  Russia must restore Ukraine's borders;
  The United States must continue to provide military aid to Ukraine to 
withstand Russian aggression;
  The United States must continue to assist our European allies in 
resisting Russian influence; and
  The United States must continue to sanction the irresponsible regime 
of Vladimir Putin.
  In all these policies, President Trump has actually gone further than 
President Obama: sanctions have increased; military aid has been 
elevated to include lethal weapons.
  I strongly support the President's policies to continue to support 
Ukraine and counter the Russian bear.
  Madam Speaker, NATO--where the President is over, today, working in 
London and remarked that NATO has become stronger--did not become a 
strong alliance by having the House of Representatives constantly 
undercut the Commander in Chief.

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