Biden Urges House to Take Up Ukraine, Israel Aid Package ‘Immediately’
Published on February 13, 2024
President Joe Biden urged the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to pass a $95.3 billion national security package approved by the Senate this morning to send aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. “I urge Speaker [Mike] Johnson to bring it to the floor immediately,” President Biden said. “There’s no question that if the Senate bill was put on the floor in the House of Representatives, it would pass,” the president added. “The speaker knows that. So, I call on the speaker to let the full House speak its mind and not allow minority or most extreme voices in the House to block this bill even from being voted on.”...