s. assistant secretary of state victoria newland arrives in here from accompanied by jeffrey piatt, few as invested to ukraine. the american politician visits the my don quay of and hands out biscuits among the crowd. the color revolution is ready. when i saw new and handing out the cookies, i understood that this was also the work of the criminal united states government. i don't think that there is anything really untoward about having an american diplomat. they're handing out cookies. i'm a patriotic american. i love the american people, but i hate the american government. it is the forthright. it is the equivalence of nazi germany today, lou salma, u. s. army, cultural and nell of initial member of the don't ask people's republic. russell bentley says, this is what happens to countries facing native and the usa ah, devastation and will syria, iraq, afghanistan and olivia yugoslavia. and now ukraine is joining the list of countries devastated by the outcome of a color revolution. for starters, i wouldn't call it a cou. i would call at the popular overthrow of a, of an illegitimate re

his election was approved by us. ambassador jeffrey piatt. mm. alexander turchin. up born on march 31st 1964 in the final years of the u. s. s. r . he was a com some all functionary. he's been in politics since 1990. he's a friend and partner of jojo tymoshenko and a friend of victor years jenko in 2005, he presided over the s b u. in less than 6 months, he was removed from office due to high profile corruption scandals during euro, my dawn, he opposed president yanna trowbridge after the coup d'etat on february 22nd 2014. he was elected the chair of the fair cove, nevada of ukraine. this is february 23rd 2014. he was the transitional president of ukraine is an act of supporter of severing ties with russia and a complete reorientation to the west. ah, russian president vladimir immediately recognized what was happening and took action exit polls from today's referendum in crimea, show overwhelming support for separation from ukraine and for unification with russia. now the main threat to the key of authorities was the east of the country. yet the will still with di

environmental labor standards, on a positive note many of us were pleased with the announcement that jeffrey piatt who is departing this week is going to go to become the new assistant secretary of energy, assistant secretary of state. he is a career ambassador under obama to ukraine under trump and biden to greece, he understands the critical need to ensure our european allies have the proper energy resources to wean themselves off of russian imports. it is so important for the world, as the ukrainians need all of the tools needed, to win and prevail against putin. let us lead by example. get the government out of the way and unleash america's energy abundance. with that, i yelled back. -- yield ack -- yield back. >> mr. pallone, five minutes, for his opening statements. >> thank you. i'm here to discuss the budget, you are always so helpful in taking our calls and coming to our district to do events and highlighting how congress enter plays so i want to thank you for that. i want to commend president biden's recent aggressive actions to address gas prices for american consumers, including orderi