[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PUTIN IS DESTABILIZING THE WORLD ECONOMY AND ORDER

  (Ms. HOULAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOULAHAN. Mr. Speaker, last week, I held an in-person townhall to 
hear how inflation impacts our community. Too many Pennsylvanians are 
making tough choices to put food on the table, gas in their tanks, and 
other budgetary choices.
  Today, I rise to discuss why confronting Putin abroad helps address 
inflation issues here at home.
  It is no secret that we live in a global market. We became acutely 
aware of that fact during the pandemic. Ukraine and Russia provide us, 
and the world, grain, oil, gas, and even things like fertilizer.
  When we are at war in these areas or people are at war in these 
areas, this impacts our economy colossally. We are again seeing how 
connected we are, this time not from a global disease but, rather, from 
a diseased man.
  Vladimir Putin is infected, and he is inflicting untold horrors on 
the people of Ukraine and simultaneously destabilizing our world 
economy and order.
  To fully address these rising costs and inflation in part caused by 
this Russian war, our top priority has to be bringing a just, durable, 
and lasting peace to this conflict in Ukraine.
  The longer the war rages on, the longer it will take for our economy 
to recover. That is why we must impose strong sanctions against Russia, 
coordinated with our allies; we must expedite weaponry to Ukraine; and 
we must return to prepandemic domestic oil production levels to meet 
our domestic needs and to help bring down global market costs.
  For the people of the Sixth Congressional District of Pennsylvania, I 
promise to keep doing everything in my power to make sure we can 
alleviate pressures that are felt at home from abroad.

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