Marjorie Taylor Greene: “My amendment would ensure that no additional funding is appropriated for Ukraine through the State Department. To date…”

“My amendment would ensure that no additional funding is appropriated for Ukraine through the State Department. To date, Congress has appropriated $174.2 billion in emergency supplemental funding. Of this amount, about $58 billion of which 33 percent has been provided through the Department of State and USAID, and there is virtually no oversight to tell the American people how much of their money is going where. We know the money goes to humanitarian and economic assistance and other nonmilitary assistance, but there is much fraud and abuse suspected and widely reported. The economic support fund for Ukraine's Government goes toward providing food, energy, and healthcare services for the people of Ukraine. It is also used to counter Russian disinformation and supporting small- and medium-sized agribusinesses and natural gas purchases by Ukraine. According to some reports, Ukraine has actually been purchasing Russian natural gas from third parties during the war. It seems counterintuitive for the U.S. to sanction Russian oil and then send taxpayer dollars to Ukraine only for them to turn around and use the money to buy Russian oil. USAID provides direct budget support to the Ukrainian Government through three trust funds: the multidonor trust fund, the single donor trust fund, and public expenditures for administrative capacity endurance.…”