historic speech. it was a speech that reassured and reunited our allies, and it made clear that we stand with the people of ukraine. it was a powerful speech, and solved a trip that underscores and restore s trust in american leadership in europe and around the world. so let s now focus on your legislation. which do you hope to accomplish with this bill? if you re doing business with putin, you re not doing business with us? you made it very clear. that s exactly what the bill does. when president zelenskyy addressed us, he made it clear, he said that, cut off the loopholes. he begged us for cutting off the oil and the gas, and for the sanctions. he said it wasn t enough. he needed more aid. he needed more support. and he said any dollar going to russia s drenched in the blood of the ukrainian people. and he asked us to close the
business in support of vladimir putin, you cannot remain in business with the united states government. for more, we re joined by congresswoman, carolyn maloney, the chair of the oversight, house oversight committee. and the one who introduced the legislation. welcome, congresswoman maloney. it s great to have you. so before we thank you. excellent. before we get into your bill, i want to get your reaction to the presidents trip so far, and his speech today. i think that president biden delivered an excellent and a historic speech. it was a speech that reassured and reunited our allies, and it made clear that we stand with the people of ukraine. it was a powerful speech, and solved a trip that underscores and restores trust in american leadership in europe and around the world. so let s now focus on your legislation.
so this is the situation wherein. igor, what did you hear and biden s speech? and more importantly, where there things that you did not hear that you are hoping to hear? well, first of all, i was very reminiscent of the famous iron curtain speech that churchill delivered in missouri, if i m not mistaken. and it was a very strong speech, in my opinion. it is only one thing missing. speeches don t win wars. so hopefully, equally strong actions will follow an impressive speech. so far so good, but we need to win this war forever. one so maryan one of these actions that igor referred to was the additional one billion dollars in a assistance. the u.s. committed itself to welcoming 100,000 refugees fleeing the war.
order, is being challenged. so for the first time since the second world war, the countries being invaded and borders are being changed by force. so this is the situation we re in. igor, what did you hear and biden s speech? and more importantly, where there things that you did not hear that you are hoping to hear? well, first of all, i was very reminiscent of the famous iron curtain speech that churchill delivered in missouri, if i m not mistaken. and it was a very strong speech, in my opinion. it is only one thing missing. speeches don t win wars. so hopefully, equally strong actions will follow an impressive speech. so far so good, but we need to win this war forever. so maryan one of these actions that igor referred to was the additional one billion
pass. it is difficult for the west to convince him to in a sense, follow a more democratic line. whum churchill accurate in assessment of stalin s long-term goals to control central europe, yes. of roosevelt com come radios cog that fact yes. plan. march 1946, churchhill returned to america and delivered a message for the world. he goes to missouri, makes the famous iron curtain speech he talks about everything he warned about the soviet union.