Mike Pompeo

Doesn't require us tonight in this resolution to defend the process of figuring out who monsters are.

But make no mistake, when we identify them, when they show their true colors, we must hunt them.

It's our duty as sovereign leaders to protect our citizens from this evil.

Monstrous acts are all around us.

We see it today.

Take Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Before the war started, our opponents said that Vladimir Putin didn't really want to destroy Ukraine.

Ask a Ukrainian mother if that's true.

They said Putin didn't have imperial ambitions.

He claims he does.

And he's evidenced that in every single action and his complete refusal to accept any of the terms that have been proffered.

Then it was said that Ukraine couldn't hold the line, that they could not fight back against the monster.

And now four years on, they have demonstrated unequivocally that they can.

And how about the monsters who killed 3,000 people on September 11th?

It's not only fair but necessary that we pursue those monsters.

A number of them, Canadian families who were killed that day,

In the absence of the work that was done by Canadians and Americans alike to hunt that monster would have yielded only more terror, more risk, and more death.

Now, hunting is an interesting term.

It doesn't imply that one needs to always use violence or deploy the 82nd Airborne.

There are many methods of achieving that outcome.