[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H1380-H1381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING THE LOCAL UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

  (Ms. WILD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, I recently attended a gathering of the local 
Ukrainian-American community in my district. I heard so many 
heartbreaking accounts. One man, Joe Galazin, told me about his wife, 
Elena, their two kids, 9-year-old Olesya and 16-year-old Dinillo.
  The children were expecting to start school soon in the same 
Pennsylvania public schools where my two children went many years ago. 
Instead, they got trapped in Kharkiv. Unable to get out before the 
bombs began raining down, they found refuge in a bomb shelter. My 
office is in communication with the family--they are in a holding 
pattern in Lviv, uncertain of how or when they will be able to make the 
increasingly dangerous trip to the Polish border.
  These children will never be able to unsee the devastation they 
witnessed. They know that relatives who had to stay behind may lose 
their lives. Why? Because of this completely unprovoked, illegal 
invasion, and these air strikes on civilians who simply want to live in 
peace.
  The injustice is overwhelming. We must redouble our efforts to 
support the Ukrainian people in this fight for their sovereignty.

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