[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      ENCOURAGING THE PRESS TO REPORT ON EVENTS REGARDING UKRAINE

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, not a lot has been said about the conflict 
in Ukraine right now, but it doesn't mean we should take our eye off 
the ball. There is a division, I think, on elected officials between 
two groups, and it is important for the press to identify which one of 
these two groups has the upper hand, not only in Congress but in the 
Biden administration.
  Some people feel that it would be good to wrap up this war, including 
me. Ukraine has the second-lowest birth rate of any sizeable country in 
the world, and the population of Ukraine has sunk about 5 percent in 
the last few years. Russia also has a low birth rate and is having a 
lot of people leave their country. So we have two countries that should 
be primarily concerned about keeping the few young people they have 
alive rather than engaged in a war. For that reason, I would like to 
believe that if an off-ramp is provided for Mr. Putin then we could end 
the war before we have more people dying.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the press corps to weigh in a little 
bit and find out where the Biden administration stands on this.

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