[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 64 (Monday, April 15, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IMPORTANT WEEK FOR DEMOCRACY

  (Mr. NICKEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NICKEL. Mr. Speaker, this is an incredibly important week for 
democracy around the globe. Ronald Reagan famously went to the 
Brandenburg Gate and said, ``Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,'' but 
now instead of tearing down walls, some extremist voices in Congress 
are calling for the construction of new barriers, isolating America 
from its allies and emboldening our adversaries.
  Moscow Marjorie and the Freedom Caucus are echoing Kremlin messaging 
from boats to corruption to Biden's nonexistent bribes. We know it is 
nothing but Russian propaganda.
  The chair of the House Intelligence Committee said that anti-Ukraine 
messages from Russia are being ``uttered on the House floor.''
  We can either stand with democracies like Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan 
or we can watch them fall.
  Speaker Johnson, it is past time to put the supplemental aid package 
on the floor for an up-or-down vote.

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