[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H284]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             ONWARD ABRAMS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise to support the delivery of Abrams 
tanks to our European allies, including Ukraine. Let us fulfill any 
backup supply to assure NATO can check aggression by Russia anywhere on 
that continent.
  Liberty for Ukraine needs no Neville Chamberlain moments. Delivering 
Abrams tanks will help Ukraine push toward victory sooner rather than 
later. Liberty's mission must be victory.
  Russia's cruel and unprovoked war on Ukraine has produced a nation 
soaked in blood from one end to the other. Putin views weakness and 
appeasement as a recipe for failure.
  Across Ohio, which I am privileged to represent, and the Great Lakes 
region, our fellow citizens and families have survived and often, too 
often, have fled oppression in central Europe at the hands of a 
predatory Russia.
  We know the price of liberty. Our patriotic men and women in the 
United Auto Workers proudly manufacture the Abrams tank in Lima, Ohio. 
They guard liberty every day.
  Our workers build the finest equipment in the world, so critical to 
victory. Americans know what brave Ukrainians are fighting for and 
against.
  Hasn't enough innocent blood been spilled already?
  Onward Abrams.

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