[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 81 (Thursday, May 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        UKRAINE-RUSSIAN CONFLICT

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, a lot has been said in the last 48 hours 
on this floor with regard to the Ukraine-Russian conflict; however, I 
think there are some things that should be added that maybe can be 
talked about a little bit more as we try to find the end here. And I 
hope the Biden administration does not give up at all on trying to 
negotiate some sort of peace.
  First of all, I am going to address Russia. Russia has a very low 
birthrate now of 1.5. In addition to that, people right now are leaving 
Russia. I was on the San Diego border about 8 months ago, and at that 
time just in that region--one of 10 regions along the Mexican border--
the second biggest nationality to cross was Russian. It was recently 
reported that in the 6-month period ending January, 8,600 Russians 
entered this country. I would bet because of the war Russian 
immigration has only increased.
  With regard to Ukraine, its birthrate is even lower. Of approximately 
180 countries of size in the world, Ukraine has the second-lowest 
birthrate to South Korea at 1.1 percent. It has recently been reported 
the United States will accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians in our country. 
While it is certainly the intent that they return, we all know that 
many of them don't.

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