[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4384]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            UKRAINE CHILDREN

  (Ms. DEAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN. Mr. Speaker, while preparing remarks, I considered showing 
much more graphic photos of Ukrainian children brutalized at the hands 
of Vladimir Putin. But then I thought of some of the people who might 
see this--refugees of war, war veterans who would be reminded of their 
own pain and suffering.
  The truth is, for survivors who actually see the end to war, the 
trauma never recedes, it never leaves. The cost of war is simply too 
high.
  I come to the floor tonight not as a Congresswoman, but as a mother 
and a grandmother. My heart breaks at these sights of horror of 
children lost or scarred forever.
  Last night, my son sent me a photo of a child who is nearly the same 
age as his daughter, my granddaughter. On her back, her mother had 
written her name, her contact information, her birth date in case the 
mother was killed, or the daughter was left alone.
  I cannot imagine that planning--the fear, the despair, the trauma.
  No matter the war, we must think of the children in Syria, 
Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Cameroon, anywhere on our planet.
  I pray for peace for anyone suffering at the hands of a brutal 
dictator.
  We must do everything we can to find a peaceful resolution.
  ``Slava Ukrani,'' ``Glory to Ukraine.'' ``Slava heroem,'' ``Glory to 
the heroes.''

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