[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              PUTIN'S WAR

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, war criminal Putin is 
betraying the young soldiers of Russia to death. 18- to 20-year-old 
conscripts are mercilessly sent to Ukraine on a training mission not 
knowing they were going to murder Ukrainian families of children, 
women, and men. Russian mothers and fathers are lied to by Putin that 
this is a ``special mission.''
  I especially understand foreign service. My father served in the 
Flying Tigers with the Chinese military in Kunming, Chengdu, and Xi'an 
to stop aggression in World War II. As a parent, I am grateful my son 
Alan served in Iraq, my son Add in Iraq, my son Julian in Egypt, and my 
son Hunter in Afghanistan.
  I know Russian families are concerned for their sons who are being 
sacrificed by Putin, murdering for oil, money, and power in Putin's 
war.
  That is why I have offered bipartisan legislation to Russian military 
defectors for expedited refugee status to America. Defectors who turn 
over equipment to Ukraine will receive a payment of up to $100,000.
  God bless Ukraine. God save Ukraine. Long live President Volodymyr 
Zelenskyy.

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