[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 62 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     UKRAINE INVASION WAR CRIMES DETERRENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

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                               speech of

                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 6, 2022

  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to applaud Rep. McCaul's 
Ukraine Invasion War Crimes Deterrence and Accountability Act.
  History has taught us that evidence must be safeguarded in order to 
hold tyrants to account.
  Putin and his enablers will gaslight the world until Kingdom Come--
but the world and our progeny must know the truth.
  As Ukraine's civilians and defenders continue their valiant fight 
against the beast--we must be ready to prosecute those who murdered 
innocents and pillaged a sovereign land.
  Putin's war is not an act of defense. It is a calculated and brutal 
slaughter of ordinary people who sought only to build up their precious 
democracy.
  Putin has shed any semblance of humanity. He is a monster with the 
blood of freedom-loving people on his hands.
  When justice comes, let us be prepared with all that we need to 
sentence these evildoers to the punishments they deserve.

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