Congress Will Restore Ukraine Military Aid Even Despite Trump

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A senior Republican member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee says that even if President Donald Trump refuses to unfreeze $250 million in military aid for Ukraine, Congress would replace the funding, VOA reports.

Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, told the VOA Ukrainian Service Wednesday that even if Trump cancels the funding to help the country battle russian aggression as planned, Congress would pass legislation to restore it.

“Regardless of what decision he makes, I’m very confident that Congress will come back in the next fiscal year, which is only right around the corner, Oct. 1, and then, through the appropriation process, make sure that even if President Trump decides not to spend it, we’ll give him no option but to spend it,” said Johnson, who had just returned from a tour of Eastern Europe.

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