[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 48 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        STOP THE WAR IN UKRAINE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, earlier today during the debate dealing 
with removing the normal trade relations from Russia and Belarus, I 
indicated that ``slaughter'' is too nice a word to describe the actions 
of Vladimir Putin against the innocent people of Ukraine. I insist on 
that definition. One Member rose and said it was genocide. Certainly, 
it is near that devastating and deadly system that we have seen used 
elsewhere.
  As Russian soldiers come home in body bags and as Russian mothers 
begin to mourn, I make this plea to the Russian people: This is an 
illegal war. Putin is a war criminal. We can only now count on you. The 
Western world has done every single thing that they can do to stop the 
pillage, the violence, the killing of pregnant women, the slaughtering 
of babies in the street.
  It is time now for the Russian people to unleash the shackles around 
your mind and your hands, to be able to stand up and say to Putin--who 
is now leading your country into an end that you will never, never, 
never forget or be forgiven for.
  Why don't you stand up and speak eloquently to stop this violence and 
this war, to ask for peace, to get to the peace table, and make a 
difference in Russia saving lives, and for the people of Ukraine.

                          ____________________