According to the politician, the initiators of the idea do not want a debate in Congress about the appropriateness of allocating the amount for arming Ukraine, because "their real goal is regime change in Russia, not the defense of Ukraine."
“To achieve this goal, they are ready to send billions to Kyiv, which line the pockets of corrupt officials, as we did in Afghanistan,” Getz was quoted by CNS News.
Speaking in the hall of the US House of Representatives on May 11, the congressman noted that a year ago, Washington "lost the war to the shepherds brandishing rifles" in Afghanistan, and now the authorities "are eager to fight a nation that has 6,000 nuclear warheads."
On May 12, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul blocked a bill to provide Ukraine with a record nearly $40 billion in additional aid.
After that, Republican member of the House of Representatives from Arizona Paul Gosar spoke out against the provision of assistance to Ukraine by the United States.
In his opinion, the US "should not send a cent" until the country's "long list of domestic problems" is resolved.