[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 117 (Friday, July 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                             WAR IN UKRAINE

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I would like to address the current 
situation in Ukraine.
  Obviously, everyday people in Ukraine and Russia are dying, and I am 
concerned that the current administration has no particular plan, or at 
least we are not told of any plan or goal, as to where we want to wind 
up.
  Ukraine has the second lowest birthrate of any country in a country 
of that size in the world. It is lower than all but South Korea. Russia 
also has a very low birthrate. Even before the war, a lot of Russians 
were leaving Russia, at least subjectively from what I have seen when I 
toured the southern border of the United States.
  The combination of immigration and low birthrate means that the 
primary goal of the leaders of both these countries should be to make 
sure we get the number of Russians and Ukrainians up, not going the 
opposite direction.
  In any event, I do not know. We have not met collectively since March 
to have a briefing for all the legislators as to what the opinions of 
the Biden administration are. So I am going to ask the press maybe to 
ask a few questions to find out whether they are working with anybody 
to try to reach some sort of end to this war or if they don't care if 
it goes on for another 6 months.

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