 In his 1941 testimony before the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Committee on Foreign Affairs]] opposing the [[Lend-Lease|Lend-Lease bill]], Lindbergh proposed that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Germany.President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] publicly decried Lindbergh's views as those of a "defeatist and appeaser", comparing him to [[Clement Laird Vallandigham|U.S.Rep.