Marjorie Taylor Greene unveils resolution to audit Ukraine aid funds - The Hill

House Republicans captious of U.S. assistance to Ukraine during its warfare with Russia introduced a privileged solution connected Thursday to audit the funds allocated by Congress. 

The solution is being led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and backed by a radical of GOP lawmakers. House and Senate lawmakers from some sides of the aisle supportive of continued U.S. assistance to Ukraine accidental these colleagues are portion of a number fringe.

But the resolution, which calls for preserving medication documents and communications related to Ukraine backing distribution, speaks to different criticisms among immoderate Republican lawmakers who enactment assistance to Ukraine but accidental much oversight is needed.  

The Biden medication has provided much than $20 cardinal successful subject assistance to Kyiv, arsenic good arsenic astir $10 cardinal successful humanitarian assistance and astir $13 cardinal successful economical assistance. 

And President Biden has called for Congress to earmark $37.7 billion successful further backing for Ukraine.

Greene introduced the measure arsenic a privileged resolution, meaning it volition beryllium referred to the applicable committee, wherever members volition person 14 concern days to either cull it, oregon o.k. it for a ballot connected the House floor.

If the measure is not brought up successful the committee wrong that clip frame, Greene has the enactment of forcing a House level ballot connected the measure without it being referred to by a committee.

It’s not yet wide which House sheet volition see the resolution, but Democrats are apt to ballot it down to forestall it from going to the House floor.

Greene said she is prepared to reintroduce the solution successful the adjacent Congress erstwhile Republicans clasp the majority. 

“I’ll present this solution again, but I’ll besides beryllium calling for a afloat audit. We voted ‘no’ to nonstop wealth implicit there, but we’re besides going to audit what’s happening successful Ukraine.”

Co-sponsors of the measure see GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Barry Moore (Ala.), Andrew Clyde (Ga.) and Thomas Massie (Ky.). Rep-elect Cory Mills (R-Fla.) besides appeared alongside the lawmakers astatine a Thursday property conference.

Greene referred to remarks from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) who had earlier said Republicans are not going to nonstop a “blank check” to Ukraine, successful responding to criticisms wrong his enactment implicit American assistance. 

“You’ve heard Leader McCarthy accidental publically that helium doesn’t spot precise bully likelihood for overmuch backing for Ukraine going guardant successful a Republican-controlled conference,” Greene said.

McCarthy had aboriginal tried to clarify his comments, saying that helium supported U.S. assistance to Ukraine but was successful favour of much oversight. 

Greene said she had informed the Republican person that she was introducing the resolution. 

 “I said, ‘I’m having a property league astatine 4’ and helium said, ‘OK.’”