[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 7 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         UKRAINE AND ISRAEL AID

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, it has been 687 days since Putin invaded 
Ukraine.
  It has been 379 days since we secured our last aid package for the 
Ukrainians.
  It has been 97 days since Hamas launched its brutal terror attack on 
Israel and took numerous Israelis and Americans hostage.
  It has been 79 days since   Mike Johnson became speaker, 71 days 
since he made aid to Israel contingent on completely unrelated partisan 
IRS cuts, breaking not only 75 years of bipartisan precedent but also 
the principles of the One Subject at a Time Act, which he sponsored 
back in 2017.
  Madam Speaker, how many days will it be until Congress stands up for 
freedom and democracy once again? The answer ought to be today.
  Instead, we find ourselves mired in the chaos sown by a majority 
party that refuses to give us a clean vote.
  It must stop or I fear democracy's days may be numbered.
  Let us act and let us act now for the Ukrainians and for the 
Israelis, to oppose criminal invasions and terrorism.

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