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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to Congress.

“This morning I listened to President Zelenskyy’s powerful speech strongly urging for more aid for Ukraine to fight back against Putin’s unprovoked invasion. President Zelenskyy evoked our emotions from the attack on Pearl Harbor and 9/11 to try give the American people a better perspective of the terrors his people are experiencing every day. The United States is the leader of the free world, and we need to do everything we can short of putting American men and women in harm’s way to help the Ukrainian people prevail against Russia. This includes providing the Ukrainian people with more weapon systems and aircraft to help them enforce their own no-fly zone over Ukrainian airspace.

“Putin’s war machine is based on his ability to fund it. We need to answer President Zelenskyy’s call for more Russian sanctions. We also need to unleash American energy in the U.S. and around the world to lower prices for Americans and diminish Putin’s profits from energy sales. I’m calling on President Biden to put together a herculean private-public partnership, similar to the effort of President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, to address this energy crisis. Depending on ruthless dictators and adversaries for our energy needs is not the answer. I’m also calling on Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee to hold a hearing on the energy crisis. I’m very confident that if Republicans had control of the committee agenda, this would have already been addressed,” said Guthrie.

Guthrie is a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and serves as a member of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

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