[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS A WAR HERO

  (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. Madam Speaker, I was grateful to attend 
the joint session of Congress today to hear directly from the valiant 
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He is a world hero for 
freedom and democracy.
  Courageous Ukrainians will always be cherished as they protect rule 
of law over rule by gun by authoritarians in a worldwide conflict.
  On Tuesday, President Zelenskyy clarified the war is not against 
Russian citizens. Putin is the mass murderer. President Zelenskyy 
called for Russian soldiers to surrender, and I have offered a 
bipartisan bill in Congress to reward Russian defectors with expedited 
refugee status to the United States, with up to $100,000 for Russian 
equipment turned over to Ukraine.
  In the congressional address today, President Zelenskyy cited Mount 
Rushmore for its busts of American Founders, and I have a bipartisan 
bill in Congress for a bust of President Zelenskyy to be placed in the 
U.S. Capitol, in the tradition of Churchill, Havel, and Kossuth.
  God bless Ukraine. God save Ukraine. Long live President Zelenskyy.

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