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  • Schumer blasts Paul’s delay of $40B Ukraine package as ‘repugnant’

    05/18/2022 6:34:56 PM PDT · by RandFan · 35 replies
    thehill ^ | 05/18/22 11:27 AM ET | BY ALEXANDER BOLTON -
    Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday slammed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for delaying a $40 billion Ukraine aid package by one week, calling the move “repugnant” and predicting the legislation will pass the Senate Thursday. “This should already have been done and over with, but it is repugnant that one member of the other side, the junior senator from Kentucky, chose to make a show and obstruct Ukraine funding,” Schumer said on the Senate floor. “For Sen. Paul to delay it for purely political motives is to strengthen Putin’s hand,” he added, noting, “the vast majority of Republicans...
  • US announces $215 million in new food aide to Ukraine

    05/18/2022 6:38:29 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 34 replies
    The hill ^ | 05/18/2022 | Lexi Lonas
    Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday Ukraine will be getting $215 million in emergency food assistance, with more aid expected in the future. During a United Nations meeting on global food security, Blinken noted the “greatest global food security crisis of our time” caused by factors including the pandemic and climate adding that the war in Ukraine has exacerbated the issue. “Today, given the urgency of the crisis, we’re announcing another $215 million in new emergency food assistance. And we’ll do much more,” Blinken said.