The US House of Representatives will be able to vote on the aid package for Ukraine only in mid-March.
"I don't want to speak for the Speaker (of the House Michael Johnson), but I think he wants to go through the due process first, which will take us to March 8, and then move on to additional (appropriations) - note ed.), "said the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives, Michael McCall, quoted by Western media, referred to by the Ukrainian agency UNIAN.
McCaul reviewed the Ukraine aid bill, but already has concerns about changes in military funding. He is confident the House will pass the bill if Speaker Michael Johnson allows a vote, despite opposition from an activist group of lawmakers most closely associated with former President Donald Trump.
"I think the brainwashing, if you will, that we have to choose between our southern border and Ukraine, has already happened. I don't agree with that. I think that we are a great nation and we can do one, and the other, and something else," emphasized the chairman of the commission.
On February 13, the US Senate finally approved a package bill to provide financial aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The House of Representatives then decided to go into recess until February 28. Congressmen never adopted the important document. US President Joe Biden sharply criticized the lawmakers' decision, saying the failure to support Ukraine at this critical time will never be forgotten. /BGNES