[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H577-H578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               SUPPORT PROTESTERS IN REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I have a question. What does Oscar the 
Grouch from Sesame Street have in common with the republic of Georgia's 
oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili? What do they have in common?
  Answer: They are both puppets who trash their own home.
  Vladimir Putin's puppet has attacked foreign investment in Georgia 
and crushed basic human rights.
  A company from Texas, Frontera Resources, has been drilling in 
Georgia for years and years and years. They have created great jobs in 
America and great jobs in Georgia. They have created freedom. That was 
until the government took over all of their operations, all of their 
equipment. Now, they are drilling zero wells in Georgia.
  Of course, the Napoleon of Siberia, Vladimir Putin, is happy to 
control Georgia's oil. His puppet, oligarch Ivanishvili, is getting 
rich off the backs of the Georgian people.
  It is time to wake up. As this photo from Getty shows, the protesters 
in Georgia need our support. Join me in raising our voices for freedom 
in Georgia.

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