Young said it was urgent that Congress act on President Biden’s $61 billion request to support Ukraine.
“We are out of money to support Ukraine in this fight,” Young wrote, warning a failure to pass aid soon would “kneecap” the embattled country on the battlefield.
Congress has failed to pass a bill for Ukraine all year, largely because the GOP-controlled House has struggled to muster enough support for Kyiv.
More conservative House Republicans have expressed skepticism about Ukraine, which is now approaching two years of its fight with Russia.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has expressed support for Ukraine but tied any legislation approving new aid with GOP border security efforts.
Johnson on Monday accused the White House of failing to answer Republicans’ concerns on Ukraine.
“The Biden Administration has failed to substantively address any of my conference’s legitimate concerns about the lack of a clear strategy in Ukraine, a path to resolving the conflict, or a plan for adequately ensuring accountability for aid provided by American taxpayers,” he wrote on X.
The Ukraine request is part of Biden’s $106 billion ask to also support Israel, the border and the Indo-Pacific region.
The president requested Congress act in October, shortly after the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
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