mr. president: mr. secretary: madam ambassador: polish and american friends: please, if you can take these electronic devices and use it channel two is english because i would like to speak in my mother tongue, polish. >> your excellency, mr. president: dear american and polish friends: ladies and gentlemen: thank you so much to you, mr. president, and to the whole u.s. delegation for coming to poland. but first and foremost, thank you for coming here to rzeszÓw, to the region of podkarpackie, which is very close which is located directly to the polish-ukrainian border. thank you for coming to the place where this influx of refugees to poland is the biggest. your presence here, mr. president, first of all, sends a very big sign of unity. this is a huge sign of support and euro-atlantic unity unity with my country, with poland. it demonstrates great friendship between poland and the united states, and a very profound alliance. this is an evidence of great support and care for our mutual relations, but al

mr. president. mr. president, on behalf of all the colleagues of the chinese mission, i wish to express our deep sadness at the passing of dpr ambassador jim kelly and extend our sincere condolences to his family in the colleagues of the irish mission. china has stated its position on the ukraine issue many times . under the current situation, it's their shared desire of the international community to achieve a cease fire as soon as possible to avoid more civilian casualties and prevent a massive humanitarian crisis, which is also what china is hoping for. it's the fundamental ways to solve the problem from russia and ukraine. they held four rounds of negotiations, there staying in touch with each other, negotiations continuing, hopefully a cease fire and a peaceful future. china will continue to facilitate dialogue among we -- for peace, the united nations and all parties and hope that all parties can do more things that are conducive to promoting peace, rather than adding fuel to the fire. we find ukra

mr. president, mr. secretary-general, distinguished colleagues. in recent days, the ukrainian issue has made headlines, global headlines and is now at the general assembly. at the same time, russian actions are being distorted and there is a number of incredible fakes. it is staggering with the use of media outlets and social networks, i wish to focus on the real reasons for the crisis that has emerged. i wish to emphasize the following. the root for the current crisis lies in the actions of ukraine itself. for many years, it sabotaged and flouted its direct obligations. just recently, very recently, there was a hope that, in kyiv, they would reconsider and comply with what they signed onto in 2015. first and foremost, it was necessary, with direct dialogue, however, the latest confirmation by the senior leadership of the country was that ukraine was unwilling to engage in this dialogue. unwilling to take steps to grant special status, set out in the agreements. this was supported by the western patrons

mr. president. i now invite the speaker of the senate to say a few words. >> president zelensky, prime minister trudeau, chief justice, speaker, fellow parliamentarians, distinguished guests, madam and -- mr. president, it's a great honor and grinch for me to thank you for your very powerful and inspiring words. on behalf of all senators, members of the house of commons and indeed, on behalf of all canadians, it is my honor and privilege to thank you for your very powerful and inspiring words today. please know, mr. president, that canadians stand with you. we know what is at stake. you are battling for your people, for your country, and for all of us who believe in peace and democracy and truth and justice. for all of us who stand against tyranny, lies, and horrific war crimes that have been committed against the ukrainian people. there is a word in the bible, one word, that expresses so much of the courage that you, mr. president, and your fellow ukrainians are showing the world. in original hebre

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware is recognized. mr. carper: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. carper: mr. president, i rise today to mark a moment in history for a neighboring state, to celebrate a navy vessel named after delaware. i'll be joined by the first lady in what will feel like half -- and what will feel like half of delaware at the port to commemorate a nuclear-class submarine, the u.s.s. delaware. while the vessel was first commissioned under water and under way on mission at sea due to the covid restrictions on april 4, 2020, a first in navy history -- a first in navy history. this weekend we'll give the u.s.s. delaware and its crew a fitting celebration above the surface of the water. it's been a long time coming, a long time coming for the u.s.s. delaware. so many people across delaware and in the navy have worked hard for not just weeks, not just months, but years to make this weekend a reality for our state and the crew. i'd be remiss not to mention my wingman in the senate, senator chris coons,

mr. president. mr. president, the situation in ukraine is a rapidly -- is still rapidly evolving with the growing complexity and sensitivity. what is most needed now continues to be to intensify diplomatic assets, sanctions, and bring the ukrainian issue back to the track of political settlement as soon as possible while making efforts to prevent a massive humanitarian crisis. to stop fighting at hostilities is a desire of the international community. peace negotiations are the only viable means to achieve that goal. recently russia and ukraine have held multiple rounds of direct talks and the two foreign ministers held a high-level meeting yesterday. all of these are positive steps towards achieving peace. the international community should continue to encourage and support russia and ukraine in there you negotiations -- in their negotiations and create the necessary conditions for peace talks. china will continue to work with the international community and play its part in de-escalating the situation

mr. president. and thank you, president duda, so much.f i may just ask now the media to leave the room thank you so much for being so we can commence our discussion on the humanitarian circumstances. >> during his trip to poland, president biden met with the 82nd air force division and active vision specializing in

mr. president. mr. president, on behalf of all workaholics of the chinese mission, i wish to express deep sadness the passing of dpr a violent extent our sincere condolences' and their colleagues of the mission. china has stated its position on the ukraine issue many times under the current situation, it's their shared desire of the international community's to achieve cease-fire as soon as possible to avoid more casualties and massive "humanitarian crisis" which is also what china is helping front. it's the fundamental ways to solve the problem from russia and ukraine. also, they are saying in touch with each other with negotiations, continuing cease-fire in a peaceful future. china will continue to facilitate dialogue among we support united nations and all parties in these efforts and hope all parties and do more things conducive to promoting peace rather than adding fuel to the fire. we find the ukraine crisis is an issue of security, it's our hope united states and european union and nato can sit do

mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: it's been a year since we in the senate confirmed merrick garland to be attorney general. during his confirmation hearing, i outlined what a successful department of justice looks like and what i expected of him as our new attorney general. i gave him the answers to the test. by this rubric, he has failed. for instance, i urged him to build off the successes from the previous justice department to reduce crime, maintain the rule of law, and protect our civil liberties. but violent crime continues to rise, the rule of law is undermined, and our civil liberties are in danger. instead of condemning all violent crime, attorney general garland's justice department targets lawful gun owners and blames those gun owners on the rising murder rates, carjackings, and attacks against law enforcement. but, the explosion of crime in blue cities is actually tied to de-policing measures, hiring progressive prosecutors, and enacting disastrous

mr. president. i warmly welcome to the council, his excellency, the minister for foreign affairs of poland and chairman in the office of the organization for security and cooperation in europe. i thank your excellency for the briefing on the osce, and note that poland has assumed a leadership role of this important organization at a time when the political and military environment in europe is fast deteriorating. we therefore look forward to the osce's continued leadership in helping to address the increasing challenges in europe. i also think uncg -- thank uncg rosemary decarlo. donna -- donna -- ghana takes note of the issues outlined and in particular, the commitment to pay special attention to finding peaceful solutions to complex in the osce. as well as the alarming situation in ukraine following russia's unjustified aggression against its neighbor. as well as the alarming situation in ukraine following russia's unjustified aggression against its neighbor. we also look forward to the conflict c

mr. president. mr. resident, there are very few things that possess the power to change the course of history almost instantaneous. information is one. consider right now citizens in ukraine are holding one of the most ruthless autocratic and powerful men in the world, vladimir putin, accountable for his barbaric assault on their country with their firsthand accounts being live streamed from behind the battle lines. putin is attempting to censor coverage of the bloody conflict by threatening to jail journalists and russian citizens who dare use the word war to describe his unprovoked attack. even the united nations instructed its staff not to refer to russia's military assault on ukraine as a war or invasion. yet, every day ukrainians are bypassing this blockade of information and exposing the russian tyrant's atrocities in realtime by sharing images of civilians standing up to the heavily armed russian invaders, the innocent victims and destruction caused by the bombing, and the company -- and captured

mr. president. i warmly welcome to the council his excellency, the minister for her for her participation as the representative of ukraine in this meeting. the president takes notes outlined by the chairman in office. in particular, the commitment to pay special attention to find a peaceful solutions to the conflict in this area. as well as the alarming situation in ukraine following the unjustified aggression against his neighbor. we also look forward to the ability to respond effectively to the conflict challenges of increased fragmentation, terrorism, anti-semitism and the violation of human rights and freedom they are currently grappling with. i would like to make the additional points. as well as other decisions that also embodied the very principles of the united nations. the renewed commitment to uphold and respect this. there are a lot of global aspirations. this will not only undermine the architecture but the international order and multilateralism. they must undertake these difficult but n

the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, over the past week the world has watched in horror as imperialist russia sets its sights on a sovereign nation in eastern europe. putin's unjustified and unjustifiable war of aggression has already left hundreds dead and created a massive refugee crisis. his non-- as noncombatants flee russian attacks. russia continues to press forward with attacks on several fronts with a focus on the capital city of kiev. but courageous ukranian resistance both from its former military and increasing number of civilians is slowing russia. kiev and other major cities remain under significant pressure and could fall within days but ukraine is demonstrating a fierce resolve and continuing to blunt russian advances. russia has also been a victim of its own deficiencies such as broken supply lines and limited ability to fight at night. and surprisingly, russia's not yet established full air superiority with some ukrainian jets flying and some surface-to-air systems still available. this means,

mr. president, make it clear, as mr. zelensky has said, the president of ukraine, we will always look for a diplomatic way to end this war. we want this war never to have started, and we want it to end as soon as possible. and we'll look for any way we can for a diplomatic end to this war, preserving the sovereignty of ukraine. as we recognize that mr. putin's war has brought to our attention other issues that we need to really pay attention to, one is the energy policy of europe and the united states. i've heard my colleagues talk about this, but the right answer is energy independence, investment in renewable energies and sources so that we cannot only protect our national security, but we can also protect our environment. we need to make those investments moving forward so none of our allies ever have to rely upon an autocratic government's supply of oil or gas. i want to underscore the importance that was brought to our attention yesterday. there was a parliamentarian from ukraine that was there and said thank you so

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. ident, 15 years ago an environmental group called the clean sky coalition launched an ad campaign targeting coal. the ads featured faces of urchins covered in soot with the headline, face it, coal is filthy. of the many controversial ad campaigns we've seen over the years, this doesn't seem particularly noteworthy, but these ads at the time sparked so much outrage that they were eventually pulled. you might wonder why. an environmental group attacking coal is hardly front-page news. why was this ad campaign different? this wasn't a matter of what was being said, mr. president. it was a matter of who was saying it and why. it quickly came to light that the group behind the ad was only about two weeks old, and the entire pro-environment effort was sponsored by a natural gas company seeking market share over coal. as they say, politics makes for strange bedfellows, in this case environmentalists and natural gas companies were both anticoal, though for very different reasons. knowing that

mr. president. we are a serious partner, a credible ally, we do everything we can in order to live up to the task of defending our country ourselves. that is why we have inducted a new bill in the defense of poland and next year we will start to allocate 3% of our gdp on defense. that is why we want to increase those spendings in the years to come. in the future, we intend to buy well tested and modern military equipment produced in the united states of america. of course we would be very interested in establishing a corporation -- a cooperation with the united states. we are delighted with every element of the cooperation that is developing such as the possibility of cooperative use in poland. now, we would like to have more forms of such cooperation in the military sphere. mr. president, all of that is strengthened immensely by your visit. we are so much grateful for that. this is also important for the representatives of the u.s. and business circles. mr. president, we are so much grateful for yo

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mr. president. the president pro tempore: the distinguished majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding -- the presiding officer: we are in a quorum call. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, the cloture motion on amendments 5002 and h.r. 4521 ripen at 5: 30:00 p.m. monday, mariupol 28. that -- march 28. if cloture is invoked, all post-cloture time be considered expired, the remaining pending amendments be withdrawn, no further amendments in order, the substitute agreed to, the cloture motion be withdrawn, the bill 4521 be considered read third time and the senate vote on passage as amended with 60 affirmative votes required for passage. all without further intervening action or debate. the president pro tempore: is there objection? hearing none -- mr. sanders: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermtd. -- from vermont. mr. sanders: reserving the right

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. peters: i ask unanimous consent to be recognized for five minutes of re, ma. the presiding officer: without objection -- of remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. peters: in just a few moment, each of our colleagues will have the opportunity to cast a historic vote to pass ground making -- groundbreaking legislation that will ensure that the united states postal service can at continue its neay 250-year tradition of delivering service to the american people. the postal service is one of our nation's most trusted and storied institutionses. since the founding. united states, the postal service has become a vital part of the fabric of our nation for generations. it has served as an indispensable public service that not only delivers critical mail, like medications and financial documents, but also helps families all across the country stay connected with each other. the postal service is the only mail carrier that delivers to every community across our nation and serves m

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: mr. president, imagine this. you're the c.o. of a company and one day your c.f.o. comes into the office with bad news. the company's costs are rapidly growing and you aren't bringing in enough money to keep pace with the rising costs. the solution here is simple. come up with a plan to reduce costs, continue serving your customers and honoring your agreements while ensuring that the company can stay afloat. if you don't adapt and evolve, you fail and go out of business. most americans understand that. unfortunately, mr. president, congress is not like most americans. we're in charge of running medicare and for decades the cost of medicare has risen dramatically. but congress has no plan to address future costs. and now we have medicare's board of trustees reporting that the hospital insurance trust fund, the fund which supports medicare part a will be insolvent in 2026. you can see here's where we are. just four short years. i

mr. president. mr. question over the past week the world has watched in horror as once again an imperialist russia sets its sights on a sovereign nation and eastern europe. vladimir putin's unjustified and unjustifiable aggression has left hundreds dead creative and massive refugee crisis noncombatants flee russian attacks. this minute russia continues to press forwardru with it with a focus on capitol city of kyiv. courageous ukrainian resistance both in its former military and increasing number of civilians, is slowing russia. kyiv and other major cities are under significant pressure could fall in the days but ukraine is demonstrating a fierce resolve and continuing to blunt russian advances. rush is also been a victim of its own deficiency such as for targeting broken supply lines and limited ability to fight at night. unsurprisingly russia has not yet established full air superiority was some ukrainian jet still flying in some surface-to-air systems still available. this means ukraine can still fly

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i rise. mr. menendez: i rise in opposition. i am a little perplexed by the parliamentarian's decision that this can move forward because there is a statutory time frame that says that the resolution needs to be brought forth in in order for it to have validity. and my understanding of the parliamentarian's decision is that even though if there was passage of this resolution it would not have validity because it is past the time frame. it still can be brought. but that seems to be a pursuit of the senate's time is in a way that is an extraordinary amount of time on unlimited numbers of discharge resolutions that potentially exist that having passed the statutory time frame can still be brought to the senate floor even though whatever the vote is has no consequence. so i fail to understand that. but since that is the ruling, let me just say that i appreciate that the senator from kentucky has concerns about human rights in egypt, and i agree that we must absolutely continue to raise concerns in

mr. president. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: mr. president, thank you. good morning, i'd like to begin by acknowledging and thanking pastor bob thune for his opening prayer this morning. it should come as no surprise based on the last name that we are related. he is my nephew. i've been blessed through the years with a rich spiritual heritage as as he. his father and my big brother was the spiritual trailblazer in my family. went on to pastor churches in the midwest and west coast for about 50 years. his son bob, my nephew, is carrying on in that great tradition. bob pastor's church is known as coram deo in omaha, nebraska. its a -- it's latin for presence. god. he proclaim, striewt of the gospel from the pulpit but on a daily basis he and his congregation have at the center of their daily lives the presence of god as they seek to have an impact on their community and their region and on this world. and bob is in many respects as it says in the book of acts fulfilling god's purpose for his generation. and so i am grateful for the spiritual heritage that

the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: in thursday, the february numbers were released. the inflation for february was 7.9%, the highest since january of 1982. 40 years ago, madam president. we're in the grip of the worst inflation in 40 years. american families have been hit hard by this crisis as the price of every day necessities have soared and energy prices, particularly gas prices are one of the top challenging americans. electricity is up 9%, propane, care seen, firewood are up 19%. utility gas services up 23.9% and prices at the gasoline pump are up 13%, the price for gas was dz 4-dz .32, up from $2.46. that's $1.45 per gallon. that's a big problem for american families. that's a big problem for our entire economy. high energy prices don't just have an impact when americans fill up their cars, it affects prices across the economy. it drives up the cost of operating a factory and the cost of raw materials and the cost of getting goods to customers. madam president, president biden would like to blame the infla

the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, as i've said all week long, there's been an imperative for the senate to unite and quickly pass legislation stripping normal -- stripping russia of permanent normal trade relations status with the united states. the hues acted, the -- the house has acted, the white house supports it. as the president meets with our allies in europe, it's very important that we send a message to the world that we are united making sure that putin pays a heavy price. after the house passed the nb by -- the pntr by 428-8, it is unreasonable for the senate not do the same especially while the president is abroad. so we are seeking consent to move this legislation forward asap. after a day of long negotiations yesterday, i reached an agreement with senator crapo with concurrence from senators wyden and manchin, to move forward on pntr while also taking action on oil ban legislation separately. now i understand that senator paul has further objection and is demanding we amend this agreement with a

mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. he presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. warnock: mr. president, i rise today to reflect on a dark day in georgia's recent history. one year ago today a hateful act of violence shook metropolitan atlanta and reverberated across our state, our country, and indeed the world. in the span of just a few hours, our sense of safety and sanctuary was pierced by bullets of hate and fear. eight precious people lost their lives. eight people who were loved by their families, their friends, their children. eight people. with their own successes and struggles, hopes and dreams. swe speak their names. young jon, sim kim, yongau yu. delaney ashley yongogzalez, paul andre michaels, shial tong and delu fong. my heart aches for these gentlemannians and their families for whom i'm sure the wounds are still fresh. they were victims of unconscionable senseless hate. as a pastor i believe in the sacred worth of every human being that we are strange mixture of dust and devanety, of sod and sky, be

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i call up amendment 5002. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, proposes an amendment numbered 5002. mr. schumer: i ask to dispense with further reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: woks. mr. schumer: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. yeas and nays are ordered. mr. schumer: madam president, i have an amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, proposes an amendment numbered 5003 to amendment number 5002. mr. schumer: i ask to dispense with further reading of the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask for the yins. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. schumer: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: e

mr. president. mr. president, over the past week the world has watched in horror as imperialist russia sets its sights on a sovereign nation in eastern europe. putin's unjustified and unjustifiable war of aggression has already left hundreds dead and created a massive refugee crisis. his non-- as noncombatants flee russian attacks. russia continues to press forward with attacks on several fronts with a focus on the capital city of kiev. but courageous ukranian resistance both from its former military and increasing number of civilians is slowing russia. kiev and other major cities remain under significant pressure and could fall within days but ukraine is demonstrating a fierce resolve and continuing to blunt russian advances. russia has also been a victim of its own deficiencies such as broken supply lines and limited ability to fight at night. and surprisingly, russia's not yet established full air superiority with some ukrainian jets flying and some surface-to-air systems still available. this means,

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. ow, in 1922, madam president, the first robust anti-lynching bill was successfully passed by the house of representatives. once it came to the senate, a block of southern segregationists mounted a filibuster to kill it in its tracks. over the decades, similar bills met similar fates. throughout the 20th century, scores of anti-lynching bills were introduced only to be promptly buried into obscurity. in 2018, congress came closer than ever to finally passing anti-lynching legislation before it was thwarted at the 11th hour. but last night, finally -- finally -- after more than 200 failed attempts to declare lynching a federal crime, the senate succeeded in taking long overdue action by passing the emmett till anti-lynching act. hallelujah! congress has finally declared lynching a federal crime, as it should have done more than a century ago. that it took so long is a permanent, bitter stain on american history. but finally a century's worth of efforts have now paid off. to say this is a

mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. e presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. i want to take a few moments to respond to some of the comments by my colleague from wyoming. i think we all saw a big jump in gas prices when putin invaded ukraine and then this body called upon the president in a bipartisan manner to say that we don't want to import any russian oil in the united states because we don't want our dollars going to putin to help fund his war. that was the right thing to do. that also increases gas prices. we also know that there are thousands of leases on public lands that are not being used today and drilled by oil companies who have those leases. in fact, the senator from massachusetts, the presiding officer, has said we should have a law saying use it or lose it, and i support that position because instead of using it, you see, oil companies exploiting the current situation to have windfall profits and use those profits not to reinvest in more production but to e

mr. president. the president pro tempore: the distinguished senator from hawaii. ms. hirono: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent it be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: and i ask consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. please proceed. mr. durbin: madam president, last thursday i decided to join with senator shaheen and set up a meeting with about 13 european ambassadors to the united states. it was for the democratic senators, and afterwards we thought this should have been bipartisan. the next one will be. but the ambassadors' meeting was nothing short of historic because these 14 ambassadors representing the obvious leaders in europe all spoke to the issue of ukraine and what it has meant to them and what it's done to their nations. some of their statem

mr. president. should joe biden immediately reopen the moratorium on oil, and sector, and drilling in the u.s. what is the solution to getting oil prices lower? >> well, of course, he should. and, i see the saudia saudi arabia and also, opec, as a whole they've rejected every request they made like a bunch of fools we had energy so low in fact i was fighting to keep it up, do you remember went down to numbers that o nobody has ever seen before we had it back up we got to 40 dollars and that was good everybody could make money at the same time we were a 1.87 the at the pump for gasoline never had it so good doubling the size of companies everything was incredible then these guys opened the border, three weeks they could have finished the wall wall was a almost complete they of could have finished the wall we had strongest border ever had included not only for people getting through illegally also included drugs, and trafficking, human trafficking a tremendous problem. we had the best border we have e

mr. president, what is your message to the people in ukraine? >> mr. president, what about covid funding? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> president biden, what message will you take to europe next week? ♪ >> i'm pleased to urged jackson who will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect and rigorous judicial record to the court. >> i'm truly humbled by the extraordinary honor of this nomination and i am especially grateful for it care you have taken in discharging your constitutional duty in service of our democracy with all that is going on in the world today. >> president biden nominates judge tommy brown jackson the district of columbia circuit to exceed -- justice ketanji brown jackson from the district of columbia circuit court to a succeed justice stephen breyer. watch the confirmation hearings starting monday, march 21 live on c-span, c-span.org or by downloadi

mr. president. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mer: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 55, which was received from the house and is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 55, an act to amend section 34-9d to have lynching as a hate crime act. the presiding officer: mr. schumer: i ask that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection, it is so ordered. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, i want to go over what just happened. after more than 200 failed attempts to outlaw lynching, congress is finally succeeding in taking a long overdue action by passing the emmett till anti-lynching act. hallelujah, it is long overdue. the first anti-lynching legislation was introduced over a century ago and after so long, the senate has addressed lynching and making it a federal crime. that it took so long is a stain, a bitter stain on america. while this will not e

mr. president? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. markey: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as i speak here today on the united states postal service reform act, russian president vladimir putin is waging a cruel, unjust, and barbaric war of choice financed by a global addiction to fossil fuels, an addiction which russia is only too happy to exploit right now. and the most effective way to reduce the long-term security threat to ukraine and europe and the united states and the whole world is to say that we are going to empty vladimir putin's oil and gas-funded piggy bank setting ourselves and our allies on the course to a future powered by domestic clean energy. we can use the power of our federal government to not only apply sanctions but also destroy putin's dirty energy business model. the united states government had 700,000 vehicles in its fleet. 160,000 of the united states government's vehicles belong to the united states postal service. our postal service could play an important role in destroying the putin business model by committing to clean instead of d

[applause] president zelensky: mr. speaker, all the members of the parliament, ladies and gentlemen. [indiscernible] from the country with a big history. i am addressing you as a citizen, as a president of this country with a dream and big effort. i would like to tell you about the cities the war that we didn't start. however, we have to conduct this war with what we have, what is ours, our country, ukraine the same way you want you wouldn't want to lose your country in order to fight for your country. days of this at 4:00 in the morning, we were attacked by cruise missiles. everybody woke up as people, children, ukraine we've all been fighting for our country, with our army. [indiscernible] military service members are trying to fight russian forces demand we lay down arms. however, we did continue fighting and we deep the force and the force of [indiscernible] who we are and [indiscernible] tore touring them. we remain humane even on day four of this war. against children, against cities, and constant shelling has bee

mr. president, we thank you. we salute you. slava ukraine. mr. davey: hearing the words of president zelensky should embolden us all. it serves as a reminder of all that we stand for, of all which so many ukrainians are so bravely fighting for, a bravery exemplified by president zelensky himself. but we should never take for granted our values of democracy, of freedom, and about security. and though we in this house may disagree on many things, we stand together for those values and together we stand together with the ukrainian people. mr. speaker, it is right that we strengthen our support for ukraine with military aid, with toughest of sanctions. it's in that support we should also recognize the people of ukraine and indeed president zelensky. i'm sure the whole house would agree that president zelensky should be granted one of our nation's highest honor, an honoree nighthood. and i look forward to the day when we welcome back to this house president zelensky in person. >> sir jeffrey donaldson. sir donaldson: a point of order. we stand with the

mr. president - >> all right, i'm going to take two more questions one, two >> mr. president, thank you. i still want to get back to your original words that he cannot remain in power. can you help us understand, you have more foreign policy experience than any president who has ever held this office. whether those are your personal feelings or your feelings as president, you understand why people would believe you as someone commanding one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world saying someone cannot remain in power is a statement of u.s. policy, and also, are you concerned about propaganda use of those remarks by the russians >> no, and no. >> tell me why you have so much experience. you are the leader of this country. >> because it's ridiculous nobody believes we're going to take down -- i was talking about taking down putin. nobody believes that number one number two, what have i been talking about since this all began? the only were that's worse than one intended is one that inisn't intended i was expressed my outrage at the behavior of this man it's outrag

the presiding officer: we are not. mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i was fortunate early in my political life to meet several people who became my heroes and mentors and led me to take up public service as my life's calling. the first was the senator from illinois named paul douglas and i met him when i was a college intern in his office. and he introduced me to a man named paul simon. simon who was a lieutenant governor in our state, state legislator, congressman, and ultimately the senator who preceded me in this senate seat. after paul simon passed away, i approached his family and talked about a tribute to him and they basically said well, you remember paul. he would have been the last person in the world who ever wanted a statue and really didn't care much about having anything with his name on it. that just wasn't his approach to politics. but i thought to myself there were some things that he valued that maybe i can try to help in my own way in his memory. and one of them was in 2014 when i introduced a bill called the paul simon wat

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