; Whereas, on December 21, 2022, during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington, DC, President Biden reaffirmed efforts to hold Russia accountable for its war crimes in Ukraine; Whereas, as of March 20, 2023, according to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused at least 22,209 civilian casualties, with 8,317 killed and 13,892 injured, as well as forcibly displaced more than 13,000,000 Ukrainians with estimates likely severely undercounting the actual toll; Whereas, on March 16, 2022, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urged that All American companies must leave Russia … leave their market immediately, because it is flooded with [Ukrainian] blood ; Whereas in the same speech, President Zelenskyy called on Congress to lead by pressuring companies who finance the Russian military machine and conduct business in Russia and to make sure that the Russians do not receive a single penny that they use to destroy people in Ukraine ; Whereas a team at the Yale School of Management has compiled a list of over 1,000 major foreign companies that have curtailed their operations in Russia since February 24, 2022; Whereas, according to the same Yale database of major foreign companies, 27 American companies are defying demands for exit or reduction of activities and continue to operate in Russia despite the horrific crimes taking place in Ukraine; Whereas, according to the same Yale database, 47 American companies are holding off new investments/development but are continuing substantive business inside Russia; Whereas in testimony before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets on November 15, 2022, it was noted that international sanctions and voluntary business retreats have exerted a devastating effect over Russia’s economy