White House to consider Ukraine aid bill in April — congressman

World 09:25 01.04.2024

Republican Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Turner, said on CBS television that House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to put the bill on aid to Ukraine to a vote in April, Ednews reports citing TASS.

"The speaker has made it clear that he supports Ukraine both directly to [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky - publicly, he's made these statements - and to the secretary general of NATO. The speaker has made very clear statements that when we get back [from a recess], it's the next top agenda, after having just passed all the bills that fund the federal government. I believe this is going to have overwhelming support in Congress, and we'll put a bill on the president's desk," he said in an interview.

Turner was asked whether the current legislation will need to be tweaked to either include loans that Ukraine would have to pay back or incorporate clauses about border security to gain approval.

He said, "There already is a significant and very strong support among Republicans."

 
"As this package moves, certainly there are going to be some discussions, you know, in both the Senate and the House," he went on to say. "I've had discussions about the border itself. And certainly there have been discussions about the manner in which the non-military, humanitarian aid is structured.".

Turner also said that Washington is close to greenlighting supplies of ATACMS ballistic missiles to Ukraine.

"We need to give them longer range weapon systems. The White House has been hesitant to do so. Congress has called for that. President [of Ukraine Vladimir] Zelensky has called for that," he said. "It's the ATACMS and I think it's long range <…> ATACMS. Those I think the administration is on the verge of being willing to provide."

Earlier this week Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Charles Q. Brown held a meeting with the Washington-based Defense Writers Group, of which TASS is a member, where he commented on the prospect of supplying Kiev with ATACMS missiles. When asked whether a transfer of ATACMS missiles from the US to Ukraine would carry an unacceptable risk of escalating the conflict, he said the risk is now not as high as it used to be.

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