[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 49 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         THOUGHTS ON PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY'S REMARKS TO CONGRESS

  (Mr. PALMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PALMER. Madam Speaker, I have been asked many times this week 
about my thoughts on the address to Congress by the President of 
Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  I was moved and inspired by his commitment to the defense of his 
stricken nation and its besieged people. President Zelenskyy's remarks 
reminded me of another time when a courageous and determined leader 
sought the aid of America in defense of his nation as it was being 
threatened by the armed might of Hitler's Nazi forces.
  On February 9, 1941, Winston Churchill addressed the British 
Parliament with a speech that was broadcast by the BBC. Churchill spoke 
to Parliament, but he was really speaking to the United States, and, in 
particular, to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
  At the end of that speech, Churchill said this: ``Put your confidence 
in us. Give us your faith and your blessing, and, under Providence, all 
will be well.''
  He concluded his message to Parliament and to America by saying: 
``Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.''
  That is what I heard President Zelenskyy saying to the Congress of 
the United States. Madam Speaker, it is time to listen to the people 
who are face-to-face with the enemy fighting for their country.
  Madam Speaker, they know better what they need, far better than 
people in suits sitting behind desks who are thousands of miles from 
the battlefields of Ukraine.
  We should heed their call and give them the tools to defend their 
country.

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