© Reuters. U.S. Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH), French Hill (R-AR), Jason Crow (D-CO) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) attend a joint information briefing, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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By Max Hunder
KYIV (Reuters) – A bipartisan delegation of U.S. Congress members got here to Kyiv on Friday to satisfy with Ukraine’s president as they sought to present assurances they might do their half to get essential, stalled army assist laws by means of the Home of Representatives.
The delegation consisted of 4 members of the Home Intelligence Committee: Republicans Mike Turner and French Hill, together with Democrats Jason Crow and Abigail Spanberger.
“The United States is working diligently in the House of Representatives and the Senate to secure the funding that is necessary in 2024,” Turner advised journalists at a press convention earlier than the delegation left to satisfy President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
The U.S. has been Ukraine’s largest provider of army help as Kyiv fights off Russia’s almost two-year-old invasion, however that assistance is now on maintain whereas Congress wrangles over a invoice offering assist to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
The $95.34 billion invoice superior within the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Republicans blocked earlier compromise laws.
“It’s delayed this year during the course of not only a presidential election year, but also controversies in the House about politics,” Hill stated.
The lawmakers additionally met with officers from the SBU and GUR intelligence companies, the U.S. ambassador to Kyiv stated.
“We stand with Ukraine not just because we understand that defending freedom and democracy around the world is an American value, but we stand with Ukraine because it’s also in America’s interests to do so,” stated Crow.