Sen. Grassley Issues Comments on Senate Floor About Russia
March 26, 2025
March 26, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following floor remarks on March 25, 2025:
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Mr. President, on this day in 1949, the Russian-Soviet regime occupying the Baltic countries rounded up 95,000 people, mostly women and children, and sent them to Siberia.
During Stalin's rule, more than 220,000 innocent people were deported to cold Siberia. This doesn't even include political prisoners sent to the gulag camps.
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Mr. President, on this day in 1949, the Russian-Soviet regime occupying the Baltic countries rounded up 95,000 people, mostly women and children, and sent them to Siberia.
During Stalin's rule, more than 220,000 innocent people were deported to cold Siberia. This doesn't even include political prisoners sent to the gulag camps.
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