mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of this important legislation to support the ukrainian people and stand up to russian aggression. just a few days ago, the house of representatives acted decisively, passing similar legislation authored by myself and by mr. eliot engel of new york, our ranking member. we authored that vote -- we authored that bill and i might add that mr. engel himself, his forefathers, came from the ukraine and suffered under that region's long and tortured history but the bill passed 399-19 on the house floor. i prefer the more comprehensive bill backed by the house. but with today's vote, we will send this bill to the senate, demonstrating bipartisan support for ukraine at this critical time. importantly, this bill expands the sanctions available to be imposed on russia's leaders for their actions. the president should beudesing all of this -- should

mr. royce thank you, mr. speaker. i'm going to ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to put any extraneous material on this measure into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. royce: i also ask unanimous consent to place into the record an exchange of letters with chairman camp of the committee on ways and means. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. royce: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. royce: mr. speaker, i rise n strong support of h.r. 3470. this legislation that i authored reaffirms the united states' steadfast support for taiwan and provides the legal authority to sell naval vessels to taiwan. i very much appreciate the bipartisan support that we've received from mr. engel and other members of the committee aisle. he this legislation passed unanimously out of

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. royce, to suspend the rules and concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 4152 on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4152, an act to provide for loan costs, for cost of loan guarantees for ukraine. senate amendments. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and concur in the senate amendment. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 378, the nays are 34. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the senate amendment is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the

mr. royce. mr. royce, no. mr. williams. mr. williams, no. mr. duffy. mr. duffy, no. mr. calvert. mr. calvert, no. mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. lankford. mr. lankford, no. mr. van hollen. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. yarmuth. mr. yarmuth, aye. mr. pascrell. mr. pascrell, aye. mr. ryan. mr. ryan. mr. ryan, aye. ms. moore. ms. castor. mr. mcdermott. ms. lee. ms. lee, aye. mr. jeffries. mr. jeffries, aye. mr. pocan. mr. pocan, aye. mrs. lujan grich am. aye. mr. huffman. mr. cardenas. mr. cardenas, aye. mr. blumenauer. mr. schrader. mr. schrader, aye. mr. doggett. mr. doggett, aye. mr. kildee. mr. kildee, aye. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, no. >> any other member wish to change their vote or to vote? that was mr. huffman recorded. >> mr. huffman. mr. huffman, aye. >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 13, the noes are 22. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. i believe mr. doggett, do you have an amendment? >> i do. i have an amendment at the desk. >> there's an amendment at the desk. the clerk will designate the amendment and the st

ed royce as i mentioned from california the chairman of the foreign affairs committee a leading role from new york is the ranking member. and he has four grandparents who came up from ukraine. so mr engel. thank you thank you very much mr chairman of the me first start off by saying how happy i am to the ukraine. how much i feel a part of the resolution that happened here. that day ukrainians on them and darren were an inspiration to so many millions of people all around the world. and then i think not only ukraine has a stake in the selections on the march. i'm a pretty fair but that the whole free world has a stake in these elections we have to make sure that these elections are held. that they're actively participated in. and that's the answer to and answer the phone is that he's not going to crush free and democratic ukraine because the people of ukraine will not stand for. and i think that's the most important thing we. they are delegation here united states congress is a bipartisan delegation from both political parties and were all united in the fact that we support ukraine in its struggle for freedom. and we want to do everything we can to help ukraine. we met with our vi