[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 69 (Monday, April 20, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H2984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HUNGARIAN ELECTIONS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the victory in the 
fight for liberty on the continent of Europe, our closest tested 
allies.
  Earlier this month, the people of Hungary voted in record numbers to 
end the repressive rule of its former Russia-leaning Prime Minister.
  As co-chair of the Congressional Hungarian Caucus, I cheered with 
Hungarian Americans and just was thrilled at the victory of liberty in 
Hungary in the person of its new Prime Minister Peter Magyar.
  For 16 years, Hungarians endured a cadre of kleptocrats that 
plundered their country and sold it out to the interests of Russian 
dictator Vladimir Putin. Shocking tapes reveal how Orban's top 
officials plotted with Russia to undermine neighboring Ukraine and the 
rest of Europe and even help the Ayatollah in Iran.
  The former Prime Minister's betrayal of the Hungarian people and the 
NATO Alliance is why Congressman   Don Bacon and I introduced the BLOCK 
PUTIN Act to hold these corrupt officials accountable.
  Thank God the people of good will won in Hungary.
  When Soviet Russia invaded the beautiful country in 1956, it took 
decades before they got a victory for democracy.
  You have friends in America, our dear, dear friends in Hungary. We 
love liberty, too. Bravo. Onward.

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