[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                            MR. PUTIN'S WAR

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I, too, join my colleague, Representative 
Thompson, in remembering and feeling very blessed to have known Jim 
Hagedorn, our colleague and friend, and I pray for his family.
  Mr. Speaker, on this day we need to discuss the fact that Vladimir 
Putin is absolutely stunned by the courage and resolve of the Ukrainian 
people. After 6 to 7 days of fighting, Ukraine controls most of its 
major cities including the city that my family is from, Lviv. The 
Russian people are protesting their leader's unprovoked aggression 
seeing, as the world sees, that this is Putin's war alone.
  We must do more. Our crippling sanctions are strongly hurting the 
Russian economy. But, Mr. Speaker, we must recognize this conflict is 
where energy is both the carrot and the stick. We must hit Putin where 
it hurts, by cutting off imports of Russian oil to the United States, 
unleashing U.S. energy, and ensuring Nord Stream 2 never goes into 
effect.
  Putin can't be trusted. This is understood. His prior interest in 
diplomacy was insincere. We must show leadership. We must provide the 
weapons that, by the way, were provided by the Ukrainian Parliament.

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