spartz of indiana. the chair: the gentlewoman from indiana, ms. spartz and a member opposed shall each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from indiana. ms. spartz: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. i have held a very principled position on ukraine and unfortunately, this position is not very shared with a lot of people in congress. unfrmt. we have the full choice about the saying that ukraine doesn't matter to ukraine or support ukraine with no question asked, with blank checks. both of these positions are not good in our national interest and both of these positions are not good in the interest of the people of ukraine. and unfortunately, this monopoly of narratives prevailing in our government, in our society, and in congress. so my amendment is actually very simple and i know this is just -- we're doing this amendment just for the show and no one is going to put -- pass it on the floor. we still go with blank checks and slush funds and unfortunately this strategy failed the american pe