The US President used a joint appearance with Speaker Mike Johnson to once again speak to US lawmakers.
US President Joe Biden, speaking at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon on the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day, where lawmakers from both parties, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, expressed gratitude to Ireland for providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine during its war with Russia and asked to be admitted to the House of Representatives of Congress in Ukraine. The Hill reported this on Friday, March 15.
“I am confident that the majority of members of Congress are ready to do their part. And I continue to urge every member in this chamber to stand up to Vladimir Putin. He is a criminal,” Biden said.
He also called on the House to send him the passed national security bill, which passed the Senate last month. The document provides for the allocation of $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, as well as funding for Israel and humanitarian aid to Gaza. However, Johnson has yet to bring it to a vote in the House of Representatives.
“America is guarding freedom, and we will not bow to anyone. No one in the world,” the American leader emphasized.
It was previously reported that the Republicans in Congress, instead of putting the Senate aid bill to Ukraine to a vote, decided to create an alternative bill in which part of the non-military aid is proposed to be allocated in the form of a loan However, a vote on this is not expected until April.
Meanwhile, the Democrats do not agree with this development of events and on March 12 began to collect signatures to introduce a $95 billion aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which passed Speaker Mike Johnson. Within the first two days, he collected 177 signatures out of the 218 required. On the third day, not a single new signature appeared.
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