[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 87 (Thursday, May 22, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S3099]
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                                UKRAINE

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, one other topic I want to mention before I 
get to the main subject today is the war in Ukraine.
  For the last 4 months, President Trump has gone to extraordinary 
lengths to bring an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine, and we here in the 
Senate commend him for those efforts.
  Now the ball is in Putin's court. It is time for him to come to the 
table in good faith and make a serious proposal for an immediate cease-
fire that can lead to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. I hope he 
realizes it is time to do so. If not, the Senate stands ready to act. 
Thanks to the dogged work of Senator Graham, we have bipartisan 
legislation, cosponsored by 80 of my colleagues, to impose additional 
economic sanctions and tariffs on Russia. If Russia is not willing to 
engage in serious diplomacy, the Senate will work with the Trump 
administration to consider additional sanctions to force Putin to start 
negotiating.

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