WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. C.A. 'Dutch' Ruppersberger, D-Maryland, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger today issued the following statement in response to President Biden's announced economic sanctions against Russia for entering Ukraine. "As President Biden said today, Russia has unequivocally violated international law by invading sovereign Ukrainian territory. "Russia's continued aggression should not be promoted as peacekeeping. These actions deser more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Russia's incursion into Ukraine. "Russia's invasion of Ukraine appears to have begun -- in a flurry of lies and bluster, whining and belligerence from the Kremlin. "Monday's dark and threatening hour-long speech by Vladimir Putin asserting that Ukrai more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following joint statement on Feb. 21, 2022: * * * Members of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives participating in the bipartisan Congressional Delegation to the Munich Security Conference today released this statement. "It now appears increasingly likely that Russian forces will initiate hostilities against a free and peaceful Ukraine. We as a bipartisan delegation will bring home the same uni more PR