[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              COLD WAR II

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Russian bear has roared. Bully 
Putin has gobbled up the strategic Crimea. The world did little except 
protest. So the bear eyes more sovereign land as prey.
  We should not forget that while the West watched, KGB Colonel Putin 
invaded Georgia and stole one-third of that nation. The Russians have 
never left.
  Now the persistent, pesky Putin is still hungry, and he wants more. 
Will it be Ukraine, Moldavia, Belarus, or our NATO ally, Estonia? This 
is Cold War II. It has begun.
  Villain Vladimir holds former Soviet Republics hostage because the 
Ruskies control their energy. I was in Ukraine when Putin turned off 
the gas in winter to punish the Ukrainians. It was cold; it was dark.
  Let us loosen the noose around the neck of Ukraine. Sell them our 
oversupply of natural gas. Expedite the permits, development, and 
delivery of U.S. natural gas. Send the word over there that the gas is 
coming, the gas is coming. Let the Napoleon of Siberia know he has 
bitten off more than he can chew by starting Cold War II.
  And that's just the way it is.

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