WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:

In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke at a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs to discuss Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children during the ongoing war. Blumenthal called out the brutality and criminality of Russia in their kidnapping of Ukrainian children and highlighted the need for his legislation with U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Katie Britt (R-AL) that designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law if they fail to return the Ukrainian children kidnapped during the course of the war.

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