We spent months building a coalition of other freedom-loving nations from Europe and the Americas to Asia and Africa to confront Putin. He thought the West and NATO wouldn’t respond. And he thought he could divide us at home. He rejected repeated efforts at diplomacy. Putin’s latest attack on Ukraine was premeditated and unprovoked. It matters. American diplomacy matters. American resolve matters. The United States is a member along with 29 other nations. That’s why the NATO Alliance was created to secure peace and stability in Europe after World War 2. Throughout our history we’ve learned this lesson when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression they cause more chaos.Īnd the costs and the threats to America and the world keep rising. Please rise if you are able and show that, Yes, we the United States of America stand with the Ukrainian people. Let each of us here tonight in this Chamber send an unmistakable signal to Ukraine and to the world. In this struggle as President Zelenskyy said in his speech to the European Parliament “Light will win over darkness.” The Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States is here tonight. Groups of citizens blocking tanks with their bodies. Everyone from students to retirees teachers turned soldiers defending their homeland. He thought he could roll into Ukraine and the world would roll over. Instead he met a wall of strength he never imagined.įrom President Zelenskyy to every Ukrainian, their fearlessness, their courage, their determination, inspires the world. Six days ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the foundations of the free world thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. But he badly miscalculated. With a duty to one another to the American people to the Constitution.Īnd with an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny. Tonight, we meet as Democrats Republicans and Independents. But most importantly as Americans. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Justices of the Supreme Court. Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman.
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