Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, today spoke in favor of ending normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Congressman Cohen later voted for the measure, which passed the House 424 to 8.
In his House floor speech, Congressman Cohen said in part:
“What Russia has done in Ukraine is immoral, it is illegal, it is against the word, the acts, the intensions of every godly character. God would not have approved. WWJD. What Russia has done deserves the entire condemnation of the world and everything we can do to condemn them and put them out of organized, civilized society is appropriate because they’re not acting as a civilized member of society…We need to punish them with all we have…Glory to Ukraine.”
Original source can be found here.
