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00:00:25BILL. THIS IS JUST UNDER 20 MINUTES.
00:00:43>> IT'S QUIET IN HERE REPORTER:
00:00:47--
00:00:48>> IT'S QUIET IN HERE.
00:00:59>> WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE,
00:01:05FOR BEING HERE. IT IS A MOMENTOUS DAY.
00:01:08A LOT OF ROLLER COASTER EMOTIONS
00:01:15RECALLING OUR WONDERFUL FRIEND SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, FOR WHOM
00:01:17THIS BILL WAS NAMED, AND I AM
00:01:19REALLY HONORED AND PLEASED TO
00:01:21WELCOME SENATOR GRAHAM TO HER
00:01:24FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE SENATE
00:01:27PRESS GALLERY, WHERE WE ALL HELD
00:01:34THE FORT WITH LINDSAY ON SO MANY OCCASIONS AND I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY TO CHANNEL MY
00:01:38INNER LINDSEY GRAHAM. [LAUGHTER]
00:01:43EXCEPT TO SAY, AS HE SAID TO ME IN SOME OF HIS LAST WORDS, THIS
00:01:46IS A BIG F'ING DEAL.
00:01:51WE ALL DID GOOD.
00:01:53AND ALL OF US HERE ARE PART OF A TEAM.
00:01:57A BIPARTISAN TEAM ACHIEVED THIS
00:02:02OVERWHELMING 86-11 VOTE.
00:02:05PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS WATCHING IN UKRAINE. VLADIMIR PUTIN IS WATCHING IN MOSCOW.
00:02:09I'D LIKE TO THANK LINDSEY GRAHAM
00:02:11-- I'D LIKE TO THINK LINDSEY
00:02:14GRAHAM IS WATCHING AS WELL AND PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE DONE BECAUSE
00:02:16TODAY WE SEND A MESSAGE TO
00:02:20VLADIMIR PUTIN, YOU WILL NOT WIN THIS WAR. TIME TO COME TO THE TABLE FOR
00:02:22PEACE.
00:02:26YOUR ECONOMY, ALREADY ON ITS HEELS, IS GOING TO BE THROTTLED,
00:02:30EVEN DECIMATED BY CUTTING OFF
00:02:33THE FLOW OF REVENUE FROM
00:02:36PURCHASES OF RUSSIAN OIL AND
00:02:37GAS.
00:02:40THESE SLEDGEHAMMER SANCTIONS AND
00:02:44TARIFFS WILL STOP ALL WHO ARE
00:02:45COMPLICIT IN THIS MURDEROUS
00:02:48CRIMINAL WAR OF AGGRESSION
00:02:50AGAINST A BRAVE FREE PEOPLE.
00:02:53AND WE SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, WE ARE WITH YOU. WE WILL STAND WITH YOU.
00:02:57WE WILL PROVIDE THE ARMS THAT
00:03:00ARE NECESSARY. BUT WE WILL BEGIN TODAY BY
00:03:04IMPOSING SANCTIONS THAT HELP YOU
00:03:07WIN THE PEACE.
00:03:10THESE SANCTIONS ARE THE MOST
00:03:12CONSEQUENTIAL THAT HAVE BEEN
00:03:16IMPOSED ON RUSSIA'S FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, ITS INDUSTRIAL
00:03:19BASE, ITS SHADOW FLEET, AND ALL
00:03:22WHO CONTINUE TO ENABLE RUSSIA'S REIGN OF TERROR SINCE THE
00:03:27BEGINNING OF THIS WAR.
00:03:33THEY WILL BE ENFORCED. FOR THE FIRST TIME ALSO, THE UNITED STATES IMPOSES MEANINGFUL
00:03:37CONSEQUENCES ON THE WORLD'S LARGEST PURCHASES OF RUSSIAN OIL
00:03:41AND GAS, CONSTRAINING AUTHORITY, THE FIVE LARGEST OF THEM, AND
00:03:44IMPOSING THOSE KINDS OF
00:03:48CONSTRAINTS BY CUTTING OFF THE LIFEBLOOD OF RUSSIA'S WAR
00:03:51ECONOMY. THIS BILL IS ABOUT CHANGING
00:03:54VLADIMIR PUTIN'S CALCULUS.
00:03:59EVERY BARREL OF OIL THAT GOES
00:04:05UNSOLD, EVERY DOLLAR DENIED THE KREMLIN MAKES IT HARDER FOR RUSSIA TO FINANCE ITS REIGN OF
00:04:08TERROR, WHICH EVERY NIGHT UKRAINIANS ENDURE, KILLING
00:04:10CIVILIANS.
00:04:15PUTIN'S TARGETS ARE HOSPITALS,
00:04:17SCHOOLS, APARTMENT HOUSES,
00:04:23CIVILIAN TARGETS, AND THESE SANCTIONS AND TARIFFS WILL AID
00:04:25IN STOPPING THEM.
00:04:28NOW, WE NEED TO GO TO THE HOUSE.
00:04:33WE RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT LIES
00:04:34AHEAD.
00:04:39THIS BILL IS THE BILL THAT WILL PASS. IT'S THE BILL THAT WILL BE
00:04:43SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
00:04:44HE SUPPORTS IT.
00:04:49IT HAS TAKEN SOME TIME TO GAIN HIS SUPPORT, BUT NOW THAT WE
00:04:52HAVE IT, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD
00:04:55AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE WE STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF
00:04:58UKRAINE.
00:05:03WITH THAT, I AM HONORED TO YIELD
00:05:04THE FLOOR TO SENATOR GRAHAM.
00:05:10SENATOR GRAHAM: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:05:13THIS IS BOTH AN EMOTIONAL DAY AND A VERY EXCITING DAY FOR ME.
00:05:17I'M PLEASED THAT THE SENATE HAS COME TOGETHER IN A STRONG
00:05:19BIPARTISAN FASHION TO PASS THE
00:05:29LINDSEY O. GRAHAM SANCTIONING
00:05:30RUSSIA AND IRAN ACT OF 2026. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PRESIDENT
00:05:34TRUMP AND MY COLLEAGUES,
00:05:36SENATORS BLUMENTHAL, BRIT
00:05:39SHAHEEN, WICKER, AND WHITE HOUSE AND ANYONE ELSE I MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN FOR HELPING MAKE THIS A REALITY.
00:05:42RUSSIA HAS WAGED WAR AGAINST UKRAINE FOR FAR TOO LONG, AND
00:05:46THIS BILL ASSISTS PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS NOBLE EFFORTS TO
00:05:49BRING IT TO A CLOSE.
00:05:52THIS LEGISLATION WAS DEEPLY
00:05:56IMPORTANT TO MY BROTHER, LINDSAY, AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT THIS BILL HAS ACHIEVED SUCH A WIDE COALITION OF SUPPORT.
00:06:01HE BELIEVED THAT THIS WAS THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT HE HAD EVER
00:06:04LED. AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE CARRIED
00:06:08THE TORCH TO THE FINISH LINE. LINDSAY WAS COMMITTED TO
00:06:11ACHIEVING A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION
00:06:15TO THIS WAR, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT THESE SANCTIONS WILL PAVE THE WAY.
00:06:18THANK YOU.
00:06:22>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
00:06:23SENATORS BLUMENTHAL AND GRAHAM.
00:06:27AND I WOULD JUST ECHO EVERYTHING THEY SAID ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION.
00:06:31I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORKED ON THIS
00:06:34LEGISLATION FROM SO MANY OFFICES
00:06:37THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE FROM
00:06:40THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
00:06:44COMMITTEE, BOTH THE MINORITY AND THE MAJORITY, WHO WERE VERY
00:06:47INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT. THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT HAS
00:06:50GOTTEN TO THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF SO MANY PEOPLE
00:06:54WHO HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND
00:06:55OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT SENATOR
00:06:58GRAHAM, LINDSEY GRAHAM AND HIS
00:07:00SISTER, AND SENATOR BLUMENTHAL, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT TO
00:07:03THIS POINT.
00:07:06AS SENATOR BLUMENTHAL SAID, THIS IS THE TOUGHEST NEW SANCTIONS
00:07:10THAT CONGRESS HAS PLACED ON RUSSIA IN YEARS.
00:07:14AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HELP BRING RUSSIA TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
00:07:20WHEN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WAS HERE LAST WEEK, HE TOLD MEMBERS
00:07:23OF CONGRESS THAT UKRAINE NEEDS THIS BILL. I HOPE OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE
00:07:27HOUSE WILL LISTEN TO THOSE WORDS AND WILL PASS THIS LEGISLATION
00:07:30AS SOON AS THEY RETURN. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK
00:07:34TO DO, BUT THIS BILL PROVIDES THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THAT
00:07:37CONGRESS HAS TO END THIS WAR.
00:07:42AND EVERY DAY OF DELAY, INNOCENT UKRAINIANS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE.
00:07:46SO, WE GOT TO GET THIS DONE.
00:07:47THANK YOU.
00:07:53>> THANK YOU, SENATOR BLUMENTHAL. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY, BEING
00:07:57ABLE TO STAND ON THE UNITED
00:08:00STATES SENATE FLOOR AND WATCH
00:08:07THE LINDSEY O. GRAHAM SANCTIONING RUSSIA AND IRAN ACT
00:08:10PASS, IN AN OVERWHELMINGLY
00:08:14BIPARTISAN FASHION, WAS INCREDIBLE. AND WHILE SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM
00:08:17WASN'T PHYSICALLY PRESENT ON THE
00:08:20FLOOR, YOU COULD FEEL HIM ON
00:08:22THERE AS VOTES KEPT COMING IN
00:08:24AND IN AND IN, AS WE STOOD
00:08:31UNIFIED AS A SENATE, AS A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TELLING PUTIN, "WE WILL ACCEPT THIS NO
00:08:35MORE."
00:08:36WE KNOW PUTIN IS ON HIS HEELS.
00:08:40WHEN PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR HEELS, THEY LASH OUT. WE SAW INNOCENT CIVILIANS DIE IN
00:08:44UKRAINE THIS WEEK.
00:08:47TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
00:08:49TOO MUCH BLOOD HAS BEEN SHED. NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE THE
00:08:53PRESIDENT THE TOOLS HE NEEDS TO
00:08:55DRIVE PUTIN TO THE TABLE.
00:08:58I'VE BEEN REFLECTING ON A CONVERSATION THAT SENATOR GRAHAM
00:09:01AND I HAD. I SHARED A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU
00:09:04ALL WHEN WE WERE HERE LAST TIME, BUT AFTER WE LEFT NORMANDY FOR
00:09:08THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY, HE WAS REFLECTING ON HOW
00:09:13CHURCHILL SAID THAT WORLD WAR II
00:09:14WAS AN UNNECESSARY WAR. AND THAT WHEN PEOPLE IN POWER
00:09:19DON'T DO WHAT THEY SHOULD,
00:09:21INNOCENT PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIFE.
00:09:25SENATOR GRAHAM SAID WE FAILED TO DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO THEN AND AS
00:09:28A RESULT 50 MILLION PEOPLE DIED.
00:09:32HE SAID PEOPLE MISCALCULATED
00:09:37HITLER, AND WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING TO PUTIN RIGHT NOW.
00:09:40AND HE SAID THE COST OF THAT MISCALCULATION WOULD BE
00:09:42ENORMOUS.
00:09:47TODAY, WE STOOD UP TALL FOR
00:09:50SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, FOR
00:09:53FREEDOM, FOR WHAT THE UNITED
00:09:56STATES STANDS FOR, AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AND PEACE AND
00:09:59PROSPERITY ACROSS THE GLOBE.
00:10:01IT'S A PROUD DAY.
00:10:05I KNOW I AM GRATEFUL TO THE LEADERSHIP, SENATOR BLUMENTHAL,
00:10:09HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS.
00:10:11YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD
00:10:16MATCH LINDSAY WITH REGARDS TO YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.
00:10:19SENATOR SHAHEEN, SENATOR
00:10:22WHITEHOUSE, WHO WERE DEAR
00:10:25FRIENDS OF SENATOR GRAHAM'S AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS, SENATOR
00:10:28DURBAN AND OTHERS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO PUSH THIS THROUGH THE YEARS. BUT A SPECIAL THANKS TO SENATOR
00:10:31DARLENE GRAHAM, WHO HAS HAD AN UNTHINKABLE SEVERAL WEEKS, HAS
00:10:33PICKED UP THIS MANTLE WITH GRACE
00:10:36AND DIGNITY AND GRIT, WAS LASER
00:10:38FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING THIS GOAL,
00:10:41NOT ONLY FOR HER BROTHER, BUT SHE KNEW THIS WAS WHAT WAS BEST
00:10:45FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND SHE KNEW IT'S WHAT WAS BEST FOR PEACE ACROSS THE
00:10:47GLOBE.
00:10:51AND SO, WATCHING HER CALL THIS OVERWHELMING VOTE TODAY WAS AN
00:10:55INCREDIBLE MOMENT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH OUR HOUSE COLLEAGUES TO
00:10:58GETTING THIS INTO LAW SO THAT WE
00:11:02CAN BRING A RESOLUTION FOUR
00:11:05YEARS TOO LATE, BUT NOW IT IS NECESSARY, AND THANK YOU TO ALL
00:11:08THE MEMBERS OF EVERYONE'S TEAM WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE. YOUR TIRELESS WORK PUT US IN A
00:11:12POSITION FOR SUCCESS TODAY.
00:11:13THANK YOU.
00:11:16SENATOR BLUMENTHAL: THANK YOU.
00:11:21>> DARLENE, I MISS YOUR BROTHER. I'M SURE YOU DO, TOO.
00:11:25IF HE WERE HERE, IT WOULD BE
00:11:27ANOTHER SHOW, A GREAT LINDSEY
00:11:31GRAHAM SHOW, AND NEVER FAILS. AND I'M SURE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN RIDING THE CREST AFTER THAT
00:11:35FANTASTIC VOTE ON THE FLOOR. AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
00:11:38LED UP TO THIS, I WAS HAPPY TO
00:11:41BE JOINING DICK BLUMENTHAL AND LINDSEY GRAHAM AND SO MANY OTHERS AND BEING AN ORIGINAL
00:11:45-- IN BEING AN ORIGINAL CO-SPONSOR OF THIS MEASURE.
00:11:48I CAN REMEMBER BACK TO FEBRUARY 22ND OF 2024 WHEN THE INVASION
00:11:52TOOK PLACE IN UKRAINE. I WAS IN THE AIRPORT IN VNIUS,
00:11:56-- IN VILNIUS, LITHUANIA WITH
00:12:01CHRIS COONS AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS NEXT. WE CAME HERE TO WASHINGTON AND HAD A TOP SECRET BRIEFING.
00:12:05THE BEST MILITARY MINDS IN AMERICA TOLD US WHAT THEY EXPECTED TO HAPPEN DAYS AFTER
00:12:08THE RUSSIAN INVASION. THEY GAVE THE UKRAINIANS TWO
00:12:12WEEKS.
00:12:16TWO WEEKS, BEFORE THEY WERE CRUSHED AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE
00:12:20TO TURN TO A GUERILLA EFFORT TO TRY TO STOP PUTIN FROM CONTINUING TO ADVANCE. THEY WERE SO WRONG.
00:12:24THEY COMPLETELY COMPLETELY
00:12:26MISCALCULATED THE DETERMINATION
00:12:29OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, WHICH -- WHO FOR OVER FOUR YEARS NOW HAVE FOUGHT SO VALIANTLY LOSING
00:12:33150,000 OF THEIR OWN SOLDIERS, 60,000 OR MORE INNOCENT
00:12:36CIVILIANS.
00:12:40THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO QUIT. THEY ARE DETERMINED TO WIN.
00:12:42AND LINDSAY KNEW THAT. AND THEN HE THOUGHT AS I DID AND
00:12:46OTHERS DID AS WELL THAT WE HAD TO DO OUR PART TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE WORLD TO STAND BEHIND
00:12:49UKRAINE.
00:12:53LINDSAY'S LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL
00:12:58EXECUTED BY DICK BLUMENTHAL AND JEAN SHAHEEN SO EFFECTIVELY REALLY CALLED ON THE LEADERS IN
00:13:02THE WORLD TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
00:13:06IF YOU'RE ON OUR SIDE TO STOP PUTIN, STOP BUYING THE DAMN OIL THAT'S FUNDING HIS TROOPS.
00:13:09THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO.
00:13:10IT'S VERY BASIC. THERE'S SOME FEAR.
00:13:14THERE WAS SOME FEAR AMONG DEMOCRATS, I'LL BE VERY HONEST
00:13:18WITH YOU, AND OTHERS, THAT GIVING THIS POWER TO THE PRESIDENT MAY BE TOO MUCH POWER. BUT I DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAY AT
00:13:21ALL. I FELT THAT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING DECISIVE AND
00:13:25MEANINGFUL WHEN IT CAME TO
00:13:28SANCTIONS AND TARIFFS AND WE
00:13:32HAVE GIVEN THE PRESIDENT THAT AUTHORITY. I HOPE HE DOES NOT MISUSE IT.
00:13:35I HOPE HE USES IT FOR THE RIGHT
00:13:40REASON, TO STOP THE WANTON KILLING WHICH TAKES PLACE EVERY
00:13:44NIGHT IN KYIV AND OTHER CITIES AROUND UKRAINE.
00:13:47UKRAINIAN PEOPLE ARE VERY PROUD PEOPLE. UKRAINIAN AMERICANS ARE PRETTY PROUD PEOPLE.
00:13:50COME TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND
00:13:53I'LL TAKE YOU TO A UKRAINIAN VILLAGE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND TO THEIR CHURCH AND TO THEIR
00:13:57SCHOOL. IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HONORED TO REPRESENT IT.
00:14:00AND I WOULD SAY TO THEM TODAY, WE DID OUR BEST ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE.
00:14:03NOW IT'S UP TO THE HOUSE.
00:14:07I GIVE AUTHORITY TO THE UNITED STATES TO PUT PRESSURE ON WORLD LEADERS TO JOIN US IN FINALLY
00:14:09BRINGING AN END TO THIS WAR.
00:14:17>> THANKS.
00:14:18>> SO I'M YOUR WRAPPER HERE, AND
00:14:27I WANT TO START WITH THANKS TO DICK AND LINDSAY FOR LEADING THIS BILL, FOR THEIR PERSISTENCE
00:14:30THROUGH MANY TROUBLES, TOILS, AND SNARES TO THIS REALLY
00:14:33REMARKABLE DAY.
00:14:38AND I COMPLIMENT DARLENE FOR THE
00:14:39WAY SHE HAS STEPPED UP AND
00:14:44BROUGHT A NEW SENATOR GRAHAM
00:14:44INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
00:14:50I WANT TO ALSO THANK CHAIRMAN RISH AND RANKING MEMBER SHAHEEN.
00:14:54THIS GOT A LOT OF CREDIT -- CREDIBILITY WHEN THE BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP OF THE
00:14:57SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
00:14:59COMMITTEE STEPPED IN BEHIND IT AND SENATOR SHAHEEN WAS
00:15:03ESSENTIAL TO GETTING THE SHADOW
00:15:05FLEET PIECE INTO THIS BILL.
00:15:08SO, BIG THANKS THERE.
00:15:13SENATOR BRITT, SENATOR DURBIN.
00:15:16IT'S BEEN A STRONG COALITION
00:15:23THAT HAS PULLED TOGETHER VERY OFTEN.
00:15:28SENATOR COONS, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE. I THINK BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
00:15:31UKRAINE VICTORY CAUCUS, JUST FOUR OR FIVE OF US THAT POPPED
00:15:34UP RIGHT AFTER THAT TERRIBLE
00:15:35BRIEFING FROM THE BIDEN
00:15:40ADMINISTRATION THAT DICK REFERRED TO. DICK DURBIN REFERRED TO.
00:15:45AND WE FOUGHT A NUMBER OF BATTLES.
00:15:47WE WON A LOT OF BATTLES BETWEEN
00:15:49MUNICH AND KYIV AND ODESSA.
00:15:53THIS ONE IS DICK BLUMENTHAL AND
00:15:58LINDSEY GRAHAM'S. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS APPRECIATED. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY
00:16:01IS THAT AS GOOD AS THIS BILL IS, THE PROCESS THAT GOT US TO THIS BILL HAS CHANGED THE NARRATIVE
00:16:05ABOUT UKRAINE IN WASHINGTON.
00:16:09THE ARGUMENT ABOUT THIS BILL WAS
00:16:11THE LEVER THAT BROUGHT ALL OF
00:16:14THIS SUPPORT TOGETHER THAT HAD
00:16:19BEEN NOT PRESENT BEFORE AND EVEN FINALLY BROUGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP
00:16:21ON BOARD. THAT IS A VERY, VERY, VERY BIG
00:16:25DEAL AND IT STANDS BESIDE THE QUALITY OF THE LEGISLATION ITSELF, AND TO THE COMMENTS
00:16:28EARLIER MADE ABOUT STAFF THAT
00:16:32TAKES A LOT OF GOOD STAFF WORK TO GET DONE.
00:16:36SO, GOD BLESS YOU UH ALL.
00:16:42THIS WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE COURAGE OF THE
00:16:44PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, THEIR
00:16:48RESILIENCE, THEIR INNOVATIVE
00:16:50GUTS AND GRIT.
00:16:54THEY ARE NOW KINETICALLY SANCTIONING RUSSIA'S SHADOW
00:16:57FLEET IN POWERFUL WAYS.
00:17:01THEY ARE NOW REACHING DEEP INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY TO DEGRADE RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS
00:17:04INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:17:11THEY ARE CREATING REAL HAVOC IN
00:17:13THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY AND IN THE
00:17:18LAST MONTH THEY INFLICTED 40,000
00:17:19CASUALTIES ON RUSSIA'S ARMY.
00:17:30SO, THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR THE AMAZING CONDUCT OF THE
00:17:32UKRAINIANS IN ALL OF THIS.
00:17:38AND THEN THERE'S LINDSEY.
00:17:40SENATOR BLUMENTHAL: HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
00:17:43I SHOULD ALSO ADD A THANKS TO SENATOR THUNE AND SENATOR
00:17:47SCHUMER WHO WERE VERY IMPORTANT
00:17:49TO THIS PROCESS.
00:17:53OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE ON TO OTHER ISSUES AT THIS POINT.
00:17:55BUT I WANT TO JOIN IN THANKING ALL OF OUR STAFFS.
00:17:59SENATOR GRAHAM'S STAFF, WHO
00:18:01TRAVELED WITH ME SO OFTEN.
00:18:06>> HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK HE CALLED RYAN ABOUT THIS? [LAUGHTER]
00:18:10>> 10,000 TIMES. >> WE CAN'T WE CAN'T GIVE YOU AS HARD A TIME AS SENATOR GRAHAM
00:18:13WOULD HAVE DONE.
00:18:15BUT ALSO, TO THE SENATE FOREIGN
00:18:17RELATIONS STAFF, SENATOR SHAHEEN'S STAFF ON BOTH SIDES OF
00:18:21THE AISLE, AND OF COURSE TO SENATOR WHITEHOUSE AND SENATOR
00:18:25BRITT'S STAFF AND SENATOR
00:18:30DURBIN'S AS WELL. ANY QUESTION? YEP. >> THANK YOU.
00:18:34HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH HOUSE LEADERS YET ABOUT SCHEDULING A VOTE ON THE BILL?
00:18:38AND HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE RANKING MEMBER OF HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
00:18:42WHO JUST RELEASED A STATEMENT
00:18:44WHILE YOU WERE HERE SAYING THE CURRENT SENATE TEXT IS
00:18:48UNACCEPTABLE? >> WELL, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE
00:18:51AND I'VE PERSONALLY TALKED ABOUT
00:18:55THIS BILL WITH REPRESENTATIVE
00:18:57MEEKS AND I THINK AS I SAID
00:19:00BEFORE, THIS BILL IS THE ONE THAT CAN BE SIGNED BY THE
00:19:04PRESIDENT, AND IT CAN ALSO PASS THE HOUSE.
00:19:08SO, I HOPE WE'LL CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND I THINK IT'S
00:19:11A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY. TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE, AND I
00:19:15HOPE THE CONVERSATIONS WILL TAKE
00:19:16PLACE QUICKLY.
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