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Wisconsin, the house is coming in. Thank you so much. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. January 16, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious and merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. The house prepares to recess for a week of constituent visitation and in home districts. As the nation anticipates the Martin Luther king long weekend. As we remember the heroic struggle of the civil rights movement, the badges and incidents of slavery from continued through policies still operative today, though r ....
Please grab a seat. Were going to start. Good morning, and welcome to the German Marshal Fund of the United States. Im jonathan katz, a senior fellow here at gmf. I want to welcome our guest, dmytro kuleba. Ukraines deputy Prime Minister for european and euroatlantic integration. Its great to have you here. I know youve had an incredibly busy schedule in the last couple of days with meetings, very successful meetings both on capitol hill but also with the Trump Administration. Ate busy time for you. Of course, right now its fairly busy in washington, all the way across town with Certain Committee hearings taking place. I want to welcome you here. Needless to say this is an incredibly important time ....
I came an interesting time but im absolutely confident that we have to talk, with advance together because whatever happens, the essential nature of our relationship with the United States is strategic. In mid august i received a message on whatsapp from now Prime Minister asking if im willing to meet with him for breakfast. We met and he offered me the job, and i asked him only one question i said, do you want me to integrate ukrainian the u. N. And nato you want me to integrate . He said integrate. I said fine, accepted. That was a very short conversation. Ever since i joined the government on the 29th of august, if im not mistaken, i have not heard our observed or sensed any hint that we are imitating. I see colleagues in the government. I see all its and the parliament, i see colleagues in the president ial office. We are moving country west to full membership in the eu an ....