[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RAPID RESPONSE SUBGROUP

  (Mr. CARTER of Louisiana asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, President Trump has falsely 
suggested that Ukraine was responsible for the war with Russia and 
should have resolved the conflict years ago. This claim is not only 
unfounded, but it dangerously misrepresents the facts.
  Russia is the invading nation, the aggressor, and the perpetuator of 
war crimes. Louisiana's own Republican Senators agree. Senator Kennedy 
went further, calling Russia's dictator, Vladimir Putin, a gangster 
with a black heart, a figure responsible for unprovoked war and 
atrocities on a sovereign nation.
  It was Russia's invasion that shattered Ukraine's peace, beginning 
with the invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014 and through the 
full-scale invasion that began just over 3 years ago. Russian forces 
are committing horrific and documented war crimes against Ukrainian 
soldiers and innocent civilians. Senator Cassidy called it out for what 
it was: A war of aggression initiated by Putin, not Ukraine.
  Senator Kennedy also rightly emphasized that negotiating with Russia 
without Ukraine at the table is problematic. Republicans are saying 
this. They are speaking up because they recognize that these are lies 
and that we should stand firm in our support and push back against 
communism and against the hate of Russia and support Ukraine.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge us to do the right thing.

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