[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 82 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3469]
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                           SUPPORTING UKRAINE

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Kiley) added the 218th signature to the discharge petition for the 
Ukraine Support Act.
  Soon, the House will have a long-overdue vote on expressing its 
support for Ukraine and our opposition to the Russian invasion.
  The people of Ukraine have shown their mettle and courage, even while 
a fifth of their country has been overrun and occupied, while Russia's 
drones target civilian neighborhoods amid outages of power and heat 
through bitter winters, the people of Ukraine have endured. Their 
spirit is undiminished. Their valor is unmatched.
  Mr. Speaker, Vladimir Putin continues to believe that he can break 
their will to fight. He believes he can outlast the Ukrainians and can 
outlast us. He is wrong.
  Mr. Speaker, this House has now voted on bipartisan bills to assist 
Ukraine 12 times since the full invasion in 2022. On average, those 
bills have passed with 80 percent of the votes on this House floor. We 
have the opportunity to do it again, to stand with freedom, democracy, 
and our Ukrainian allies.

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