[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             HERO ZELENSKYY

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, Ukraine President 
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has shown the world he is a leader to be respected 
and admired. He has earned being a hero to the people of Ukraine, to 
win for freedom.
  Prior to his election in 2019, Mr. Zelenskyy was a former actor and 
comedian. Some questioned these credentials, but President Zelenskyy is 
the right leader at the right time for the world.
  The cowardly Putin invasion has left untold thousands of Ukrainian 
civilians murdered. Yet, instead of retreating, Zelenskyy has stood up 
to Putin as a compassionate man of the people.
  Just yesterday, he went to another Kyiv hospital visiting with a pair 
of orphaned children who lost their parents to Putin bombs.
  ``In the first days of the war, everybody was in shock, and everybody 
was thinking what to do. . . .'' ``The President's decision was that no 
one goes anywhere. We stay in Kyiv, and we fight. That cemented it,'' 
explained an adviser.
  Terrorists, sadly, are emboldened worldwide with three rocket attacks 
in the last week from Gaza into Israel, as America stands with 
Ambassador Michael Herzog.
  God bless Ukraine. God save Ukraine. God bless Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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