[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H436-H437]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise with great sadness and with great 
disappointment.
  America is the land of the free and the home of the brave, and 
continually tells the world that we will protect them to be lands of 
the free and the home of the brave.
  Yet this week, we are about to consider a bill that tells people, 
particularly those in distress, we don't care. I believe all of us want 
to defend Israel and give her the resources she needs,

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but the people in Ukraine want to be the land of the free and the home 
of the brave, and yet we continue to stand silent.
  I rise, Mr. Speaker, to say that it is beneath the principles, image, 
and reality of America that we are not passing a comprehensive bill to 
make sure that whether you are in Asia, the Middle East, or any place 
else, we will help you be the land of the free and the home of the 
brave.
  Let's do that, Mr. Speaker. Let's do it now.

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