Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was noncommittal about backing additional aid to Ukraine ahead of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Congress Thursday.
“Is Zelensky elected to Congress? Is he our president? I don’t think I have to commit anything and I think I have questions for him,”“Where’s the accountability on the money we’ve already spent?” the speaker added.
McCarthy’s office confirmed the speaker plans to meet with Zelensky, who is also set to visit the White House and confer with the other “Big Three” congressional leaders on Thursday.to Ukraine after Congress appropriated $113 billion last year to support the war-torn Eastern European country. Kevin McCarthy has trying to navigate a rambunctious House GOP caucus through a government shutdown battle.But McCarthy, who is scrambling to avert a government shutdown at month’s end, must contend with a handful of members who are deeply skeptical of any more assistance.
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