price for their regression, they cause more chaos. they keep moving. and the cost, the threats to america, and americans throughout the world, keeps rising. that's why the nato alliance was created, to secure peace and stability in europe after world war ii. the united states is a member, along with 29 other nations, it matters, american diplomacy matters. american resolve matters. putin's latest attack on ukraine was premeditated and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeated, repeated efforts of diplomacy. he thought the west end eta would not respond. he thought he could divide us at home, in this chamber, in this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well. but putin was wrong. we are ready. we are united and that is what we did. we stayed united.