President Joe Biden urged Congress on Monday to quickly approve a multibillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine before trying to pass a new round of Covid-19 funding. Biden had previously insisted that the military aid and the pandemic funding be bundled together. He said funding for shipments to Ukraine was set to run out in 10 days’ time, and therefore he…
intended to cover humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine through September. Under Biden's proposal, nearly two-thirds of that sum would go toward security and military assistance for Ukraine as it fends off invading Russian forces.
In his statement Monday, Biden said the additional funding is both necessary and urgent, with money for shipments to Ukraine set to run out in 10 days' time."I have nearly exhausted the resources given to me by a bipartisan majority in Congress to support Ukraine's fighters," he said. "This aid has been critical to Ukraine's success on the battlefield. We cannot allow our shipments of assistance to stop while we await further Congressional action," Biden said.
His statement acknowledged that while there appears to be bipartisan support for the aid package, there is no such consensus for more Covid funding. Republicans had opposed Democrats' efforts to pair the money for Ukraine with the additional pandemic relief funding. "So I call on Congress to pass the Ukrainian Supplemental funding bill immediately, and get it to my desk in the next few days. And then, I urge Congress to move promptly on the COVID funding bill," Biden said."Without timely COVID funding, more Americans will die needlessly," he said."In the fall, if we are hit by new variants, it will be too late to get the tools needed for protection — critical treatments that will be available in Europe, but not the United States.
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