[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    BIDEN'S VOW TO END NORD STREAM 2

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, energy security for the free world is an 
imperative. I rise today to strongly endorse President Biden's vow 
yesterday that if Russia further invades Ukraine, there will, ``no 
longer be a Nord Stream 2 pipeline across Europe. We will put an end to 
it.''
  During the Trump administration, this Russian energy pipeline was 
allowed to creep ever closer into the heart of Europe to make our 
closest NATO allies dependent on Russian gas. What a strategic failure.
  Reliance on a tyrannical regime is dangerous. To our dear allies in 
Europe, if Putin were to succeed in clawing Ukraine back under Russia's 
command, he would not stop there.
  The free world must place stronger sanctions on Nord Stream 2. It 
must ratchet up diplomat engagement to this strongest test of the rule 
of law since World War II. As Russian troops amass at Ukraine's border, 
the free world must deploy the defensive shield to protect her liberty 
and assure her territorial sovereignty through a coalition of the 
willing.

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