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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Also last month, Biggs, Greene and Massie voted against a separate bill that called for a ban on Russian oil imports and additional sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Gosar joined the trio in opposition.

Biggs said he would not back a Russian oil ban without a guarantee that the U.S. would make efforts toward achieving energy independence, and Massie wrote on Twitter that he was opposing the legislation because Biden did not have plans for energy production. Gosar slammed the bill in a tweet for not making the needs of the American people a top priority.

And in June, Biggs, Greene and Massie made headlines for opposing a bill that called for awarding Congressional Gold Medals to the U.S. Capitol Police and all individuals who defended the Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

Greene told Politico that she voted against the bill because she did not like that the legislation referred to the Capitol as “the temple of our American Democracy” or that it called the Jan. 6 attack an insurrection."
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Gee, why am I not surprised.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Passage of the bill comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of engaging in war crimes and genocide after surveying the carnage in the city of Bucha this week.

Ukrainian officials reported finding hundreds of people buried in mass graves and bodies of executed civilians lying in the streets.

The measure approved by the House would specifically require the Biden administration to outline the process for the U.S. government to collect and preserve evidence of war crimes committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in late February. It would also require the Biden administration to submit a report to Congress about the process for a domestic, foreign or international court or tribunal should one request information from the U.S. about war crimes.

“Each day, we see a growing body of horrifying evidence of atrocities that Russian troops have reaped on Ukrainian citizens,” said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), who introduced the bill with the panel’s ranking Republican, Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas).

“We can and we must ensure that the United States of America is doing everything in its power to collect evidence to prosecute Russian war crimes and other atrocities. And hopefully that will deter further systemic human rights abuses in this conflict,” Meeks said."...
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