[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 20 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  INACTION EMPOWERS ENEMIES OF LIBERTY

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, why would a Speaker of this House choose to 
enable the aims of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin?
  Why would any Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 
use his power to stop and dawdle for months and months, delaying 
critical supplemental defense funding to defend America against all its 
enemies at home and abroad that impose tyranny and terrorism?
  All of us take an oath to protect and defend our people against all 
enemies, so why give Vladimir Putin comfort and license as he salutes 
himself in the mirror?
  The manner in which House leadership is behaving by not bringing up a 
key defense bill month after month after month fails liberty where she 
is being most tested. Our Nation must move with our allies to defeat 
terrorism and tyranny wherever it exists--Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, the 
Pacific, and even sometimes inside our own borders.
  Inaction by House leadership empowers enemies of liberty. It rewards 
Putin, Khamenei, Xi, Kim Jong Un and their chessboard.
  Move the long delayed supplemental defense bill, Mr. Speaker. Liberty 
awaits.

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