After signing the historic document, the US President handed over the pen with which he signed to the first ethnic Ukrainian woman in US Congress by Victoria Spartz.
On Monday, May 9, US President Joe Biden used the same pen that was done in 1940 to sign the Lend-Lease Act for Ukraine. After that, he gave this pen to the senator from the Republican Party, Victoria Spartz, who is of Ukrainian origin.
This became known from the broadcast of this historic moment for Ukraine and the whole world.
The US President recalled that the Lend-Lease program was introduced during World War II, when Europe also needed America's help. Now this happened for the second time in the history of the United States to help Ukraine resist Russian aggression.
“I want to say that this help is there, because Ukraine is important for everyone. Putin's war wanted to once again destroy Europe, the democratic future of Ukraine,” Joe Biden said before signing the document.
During the signing of the bill in the Oval Office of the White House was attended by US Vice President Kamala Harris and legislators from both parties of Congress – Democrats Elissa Slotkin and Ben Cardin, as well as Republican Victoria Spartz, who is of Ukrainian origin.
It was the first ethnic A Ukrainian woman in the US Congress, Joe Biden, handed over a pen with which he signed a historic document.
Victoria Spartz was born in 1978 in the city of Nosovka, Chernihiv region. Graduated from Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman. In 2000, she moved to the United States, where she earned a master's degree in professional accounting from Indiana University and remained there to teach.
Previously, Victoria Spartz was engaged in entrepreneurship in real estate and agriculture, and was also a senator in the Indiana State Senate. In 2020, Spartz was elected to the US House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th district. She began serving as a member of the House of Representatives in January 2021, becoming the first ethnic Ukrainian in the US Congress.
Recall that the signing of the document was preceded by the procedure for passing a law in the US Senate and the US House of Representatives. On April 7, the US Senate unanimously passed a bill resuming the World War II (Lend-Lease) program.
Later, on April 28, the US House of Representatives approved the Lend-Lease Act for Ukraine. The senators supported the proposal, as the Ukrainian defenders proved that they can fight off Russian troops and show real heroism in the fight against the enemy.
