Ukraine Support Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. BACON. Mr. Speaker, today's vote, are we going to stand with good or are we going to stand with evil? That is what this is about tonight.

Ukraine is a democracy, a free market, and rule of law. It has been invaded by a dictator who throws its enemies off of roofs, poisons his adversaries, and attacked his neighbor, which is four times smaller than Russia.

What is the goal? To eliminate their independence, culture, and people because he wants to control those old borders of his that he has had. We have to stand for the good side tonight.

What does this bill do? It provides $1.3 billion in direct military aid, $8 billion in military sales, and tough sanctions on Russia. We should have done this a year ago. We could have done this in a bipartisan way a year ago, but we have not.

This decision is needed now. Russia is bombing Ukrainian cities every night with ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles. We had better be there to help them, or in the history books, it is going to say the United States failed when it was most needed.

I know this: I want this House to stand on the right side. I want Republicans to stand where Ronald Reagan would be if he were here right now. Ronald Reagan would be voting ``yes'' tonight. He would be standing up for Ukraine and opposing Russia. This is our Churchill moment or our Chamberlain moment. By God, I am going to choose Churchill, and this House better choose Churchill tonight.

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