[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 187 (Tuesday, December 17, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H7246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  MONTH OF WAR CRIMINAL PUTIN FAILURES

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, 5 years ago, partnering 
with Speaker   Mike Johnson and National Security Advisor designee  
Mike Waltz, we called for sanctions on corrupt Bidzina Ivanishvili, the 
puppet of Putin in Georgia, in the Republican Study Committee's 
National Security Strategy.
  It is time to impose these sanctions as war criminal Putin tries to 
destroy Georgian democracy. War criminal Putin continues to threaten 
global stability, but he can be defeated, as evidenced by the fall of 
the Assad dictatorship in Syria, with the expelling of Putin's military 
from Syrian bases, as well as the rebuke of Russian intervention this 
week in Romania, with defeat last month in Moldova, as Putin still 
occupies territory in Georgia.
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has courageously offered 
wheat to Syria after war criminal Putin announced he would cease all 
grain exports.
  Turkiye is appreciated for its leadership as a NATO ally for leading 
in Syria with its call for democratic elections and protection of 
Christians and minorities.
  I agree with President Donald Trump, who said yesterday that: ``I 
think Turkiye is very smart'' and that Turkiye is key to what happens 
next in Syria.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Open borders for dictators puts all Americans at risk of 
more 9/11 attacks imminent, as warned by the FBI. Trump will be 
reinstating laws to protect American families with peace through 
strength.

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