The US Congress goes on vacation without accepting aid to Ukraine: the White House reacted

V The White House reacted to the decision of Congress to go on vacation without adopting a package for Ukraine/Collage 24 Channel

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson did not support the proposal to extend the work of both houses of Congress by one week. Now the US Parliament goes into Christmas recess without accepting aid to Ukraine.

The US Presidential Administration was outraged by this decision and believes that Republicans should not return home for the holidays when there is still important work to do in Congress. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated this during a briefing, reports Channel 24.

The White House spoke out about the decision of Congress to go on vacation

Jean-Pierre, referring to the words of US President Joe Biden, emphasized that The American people will not turn away from Ukraine and its struggle for “freedom against tyranny.” financing Israel and Ukraine only encourages potential aggressors on a global scale. After all, the actions of the US Congress are being watched both in Moscow and in Beijing and Tehran.

Republicans from the House of Representatives should not return home for the holidays , when it is necessary to take vital steps for the security of the United States and the world, she emphasized.

The Senate passed the 2024 defense budget

• The upper house of the US Parliament on December 13 supported the defense policy law. This document contains a national record defense expenditure of $886 billion.
• The law also contains specific provisions for Ukraine. Yes, the law talks about the possibility of allocating $300 million under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
• The document also provides that the US President will be able to provide or lease defense products to Ukraine , as well as other countries of Eastern Europe. At the same time, the US Congress never made a decision on the $61 billion package.