Speaker McCarthy: protecting US borders is more important than helping Ukraine

2023-10-01T16:00:41.030Z

Highlights: Speaker McCarthy: protecting US borders is more important than helping Ukraine. "My priority is America and our borders. I support providing Ukraine with the weapons it needs, but above all I firmly support our borders," he said. Earlier, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives expressed confidence that the US Senate should stop providing assistance to Ukraine in order to avoid a forced shutdown of the government. US President Joe Biden then approved the federal government's interim draft budget for the next 45 days, from which, under pressure from Republicans, aid to Ukraine was excluded.

For the United States, protecting borders is more important than helping Ukraine, said Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy.