Twenty-eight Republicans publicly vowed on Thursday to oppose the use of billions of American tax dollars to fund a proxy war in Ukraine.
"These statements imply an open-ended commitment to supporting the war in Ukraine of an indeterminate nature, based on a strategy that is unclear, to achieve a goal yet to be articulated to the public or the Congress," the signees wrote.
In their letter, the Republicans note the whopping $114 billion total often used to measure U.S. funding for Ukraine "Does not reflect the full picture, which includes transferred and reprogrammed funds." They add that in all five of its "Supplemental requests" for Ukraine funding to Congress, the Biden administration "Requested additional authority to transfer and reprogram funds."
In January, Vance and three dozen other Republicans in Congress signed a letter to Young demanding a "Full accounting" of U.S. aid to Ukraine.
As prime examples of the executive branch's reckless Ukraine spending spree, the GOPers highlighted the Department of Defense's recent $6.2 billion Ukraine aid accounting error and the Biden administration's $5 billion request for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a number which exceeded 15 times what Congress allotted in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.
To grant another round of Ukraine funding requests by the Biden administration without "Answers to these questions," the GOP members declared, would be "An absurd abdication of congressional responsibility."
The 28 Republicans pledge to keep their purse strings closed until the Biden administration explains its funding frenzy to Congress and taxpayers.
https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/21/republicans-say-no-to-funding-indefinite-war-in-ukraine/
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