Steny Hoyer: “This bill does not send a strong message to our friends, nor does it send an unmistakable message to our adversaries.”

The Trump Administration should be ashamed of itself for proposing this pay disparity, and I urge the Senate to address it and insist on parity.

We must send the strongest possible message of American support as Ukraine defends democracy against despotism.

That disparity is wrong, and it’s why I did not support this bill, which balloons the defense budget by over 28% and will cost more than a trillion dollars but cannot find enough funds to ensure parity in raises between civilian and…

This bill would impose the toughest sanctions we can on Putin’s inner circle, Russia’s oil and gas oligarchs, its shadow fleet of oil tankers, and its financial sector – all of which have sustained Russia’s war machine.