[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9339]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the people of 
Ukraine on conducting free and fair elections that the world watched 
closely. As a beloved friend of mine from Ukraine wrote me:

       These elections were amazing. People were standing in long 
     lines with the purpose to vote. And we did it. We do hope 
     that we will start to live in a new way. Ukrainians deserve 
     much better in life and in leaders. Thank you.

  With a nearly 60 percent turnout, and despite the fearful invasion by 
Russia of Ukraine's eastern provinces, the election proceeded on 
schedule and without major disruption. This is a living testament to 
the future and the hopes the Ukrainian people invested in their new 
government.
  The people of our region send heartfelt congratulations to the 
incoming Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. A successful businessman 
in his own Nation, he now holds a historic opportunity to lead Ukraine 
to write a new era of stability, prosperity, and democratic reform. It 
will be a major undertaking. May the hopes of the Ukrainian people for 
a better life be realized in our time.
  Ukraine can rise to be one of the greatest nations on the European 
continent. Her time is now.

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