Senators issue joint statement confirming Ukraine support

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Following a passage of a bill to avoid a government shutdown, top U.S. Senate leaders issued a rare bipartisan statement affirming their commitment to Ukraine.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and representatives of the appropriations committees said they expect the Senate will work "to ensure the U.S. government continues to provide critical and sustained security and economic support for Ukraine."

"We support Ukraine’s efforts to defend its sovereignty against (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s brazen aggression, and we join a strong bipartisan majority of our colleagues in this essential work," reads the statement. "With the eyes of our partners, allies, and adversaries upon us, we keenly understand the importance of American leadership and are committed to strengthening it from Europe to the Indo-Pacific."

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Putin's only hope of not being defeated in Ukraine was that Ukraine's allies would abandon it, but clearly that is not going to happen.

 

[pknopp]

The McCarthy restoration act.

 

[Rambunctious]

Huge mistake and miscalculation by really dumb people...
Replace McCarthy and stop this craziness... we are 35 TRILLION IN DEBT... and not one supporter of funding Ukraine can tell us why... Oh but its the right thing to do... yeah bullshit it is... we have thousands of people living in the streets.... unreal... we just ran away from a very expensive war and here we are again... same people in charge and same American people last thinking...

 

[Moonglow]

Following a passage of a bill to avoid a government shutdown, top U.S. Senate leaders issued a rare bipartisan statement affirming their commitment to Ukraine.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and representatives of the appropriations committees said they expect the Senate will work "to ensure the U.S. government continues to provide critical and sustained security and economic support for Ukraine."

"We support Ukraine’s efforts to defend its sovereignty against (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s brazen aggression, and we join a strong bipartisan majority of our colleagues in this essential work," reads the statement. "With the eyes of our partners, allies, and adversaries upon us, we keenly understand the importance of American leadership and are committed to strengthening it from Europe to the Indo-Pacific."

MSN

www.msn.com

Putin's only hope of not being defeated in Ukraine was that Ukraine's allies would abandon it, but clearly that is not going to happen.

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From 2021 to 2023, the Foreign Relations Committee was chaired by Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, until he stepped down as chair after facing federal corruption charges.

Now what?

Risch, Cardin Lead Colleagues in Resolution Calling for Evan Gershkovich’s Release | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member and chairman...

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Looks like "Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee"

 

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