[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, today, NATO's Commander Breedlove said in 
Bulgaria, ``We have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily 
Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems, and 
Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine.'' In response, Ukraine has 
redeployed troops to the east to counter the insurgency. But these 
soldiers are severely undersupplied.
  Ukraine had an election just a couple of weeks ago, the most 
transparent, the most free, and the most pro-Western election in 
history. But pro-Russian parliamentarians received less than 10 percent 
of the vote.
  Today, once again, Ukraine faces war, as the ceasefire there 
collapsed as Russia attempts to reassert its influence by sinister and 
illegal means.
  Ukraine's young soldiers don't have proper boots or weapons or 
defensive equipment. How many times must Ukraine be invaded before we 
call it an invasion?
  I call upon the House to pass H.R. 5190, the bill I introduced with 
my fellow Ukrainian Caucus cochair, Jim Gerlach of Pennsylvania, to 
provide meaningful humanitarian aid and security assistance to Ukraine. 
The Senate has passed S. 2828 that does much the same.
  Let us stop the advance of this tyranny in the new century. Liberty 
is calling. Let us measure up in this lameduck session.

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