“The United States must borrow money from China to provide an unprecedented $ 40 billion aid package to Ukraine,” said Republican Sen. Rand Paul.
“It’s important to know that we do not have the money to send, and we have to borrow from China,” Paul told BREITBART in an interview. “Let’s send money to Ukraine.”
“I think most people understand that, and a lot of Republicans say this is a new social program that is unjustifiable, but if there is military aid to a country, they can borrow money and borrowing is justified,” he added.
Yesterday, Thursday, US senators overwhelmingly voted in favor of a $ 40 billion military, security and economic aid bill to Ukraine after it passed the House of Representatives earlier this month.
The bill allocates $ 20 billion to the US Department of Defense to provide security assistance to Ukraine, including military equipment, about $ 9 billion in economic aid, more than $ 4 billion in humanitarian aid, and another $ 4 billion. In the foreign military budget through the Department of Defense. US Department of State.
The bill will be sent to US President Joe Biden for approval and implementation. The White House, the State Department and the Pentagon have called on lawmakers to speed up the project, warning that “funding for aid to Kyiv will run out by May 19.”
Republican Sen. Rand Paul limited the bill and called for more control over spending, but it was not amended, and according to US media, he bypassed opposition because of special procedural steps taken by Democratic-majority leader Chuck Schumer. .
Source: Lebanon Debate
