[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1160]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        UKRAINE FREEDOM CRUCIAL

  (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. Madam Speaker, last week, The 
Washington Times featured a thoughtful open letter from Clifford D. 
May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, to 
President Biden. He wrote: ``Dear Mr. President, first, kudos to you 
for going to Kyiv.''
  ``For the past year, you've been providing the Ukrainians enough 
weapons to prevent them from losing but not enough . . . to drive out 
the [Putin] invaders. Why not ask such military experts as retired 
General Jack Keane what's necessary to get the job done as fast as 
possible?''
  ``The moral argument for supporting Ukraine is obvious to most people 
but you still haven't made clear why its defense is a vital American 
national interest. . . . The rulers of neoimperialist Russia, Communist 
China, and Islamic Iran share a goal: the diminishment--if not death--
of the United States.''
  In conclusion, God bless our troops who successfully protected 
America for 20 years as the global war on terrorism continues moving 
from the Afghanistan safe haven to America.
  Congratulations, Ambassador Georgi Panayotov, for the Library of 
Congress National Bulgaria Day reception.

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