[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           UKRAINIAN STORIES

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to condemn Vladimir Putin for 
what he is doing to the children of Ukraine.
  Listen to these stories.
  Ukrainian mothers are putting the contact details of their relatives 
on the bodies of their children because they want to make sure that if 
the children survive and they don't, there will be some place for their 
children to go.
  Emergency service workers are teaching children how to identify 
Russian explosives made to look like toys.
  Thousands of children have been abducted in Ukraine and taken to 
Russia.
  And Ukrainian children have witnessed the murder and torture of their 
parents, including severed limbs, slashed throats, rapes, and burning 
bodies.
  I am proud to colead an appropriations request with Representatives 
Schiff, Kaptur, and Quigley to ensure at least $100 million for Eastern 
Europe's demining budget in FY23.

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