[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 122 (Monday, July 17, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   A CONCLUSION TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would ask the President or the Members 
of this body to weigh in with the President and try to come to some 
sort of conclusion on the war with Ukraine.
  It seems to me that there are two groups: people who want us to pull 
out and people who want us to be all in for years and years. However, 
the longer this war drags on, the worse long-term relationships get 
between Russia and the United States.
  Russia has a very low birthrate and has had a lot of their young 
people leave for the United States and other parts of the world 
recently. Ukraine has the second lowest birthrate in the world. Neither 
of these countries can afford to lose any more of their young people to 
this war. The sooner the war wraps up, the better.
  I am very disappointed that the press is not asking questions of the 
Biden administration and that the Biden administration seems completely 
uninterested in negotiating some settlement of the war.
  I am aware of the fact that the U.S. cannot appear an impartial 
broker, but we should strongly encourage Turkiye, Israel, or France to 
step in and try to negotiate an end to this war. I do not know why it 
seems like the Biden administration does not want it to end.

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