00:00Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call out a vile attack on an American patriot, Senator Mark
00:07Kelly of the great state of Arizona.
00:09Yesterday, unelected billionaire Elon Musk, who has never served this nation a day in
00:15uniform, called Senator Kelly a traitor for visiting our nation's ally, Ukraine.
00:22A traitor is one who commits treason.
00:25That consists of giving aid and comfort to an enemy.
00:29Ukraine is not our enemy.
00:31Ukraine is our ally.
00:33Mark Kelly has served our nation honorably from 1986 to 2011 in the United States Navy,
00:38rising to the rank of captain, having served 39 combat missions during the Gulf War.
00:44During his naval career, he was awarded two Defense Superior Service Medals, one Legion
00:48of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, four Air Medals with Combat 5V, two Navy
00:54Accommodation Medals, one Navy Achievement Medal, two Southwest Asia Service Medals,
00:59one Navy Expeditionary Medal, a NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and an Overseas Service Ribbon.
01:05He only resigned his commission to help provide care and assistance to his beloved wife, who
01:11had served here formerly, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, following an assassination attempt
01:16on her in Tucson in 2011.
01:18Words and statements have meaning.
01:20Elon Musk needs to be held accountable for his.
01:23And today, world leaders have resoundingly stood tall aside the nation of Ukraine in
01:28agreeing to a one-month ceasefire.
01:33The United States has also agreed to lift the embargo on armaments and will be sending
01:38one month of armaments to Ukraine as the rest of the world looks to Russia to be cooperative
01:45in our effort to stop the killing in Central Europe.
01:48I yield back.
