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Saturday, March 19, 2022
Visiting Poland, US lawmakers call for military aid to Ukraine
A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers visiting Poland says that the most urgent need in Ukraine’s fight against a Russian invasion is to equip and support the country in every way that will help it defend its independence.
The seven-member delegation led by Rep. Stephen Lynch, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has visited reception centers for refugees from Ukraine in eastern Poland.
“We are here to reassure and support the people of Ukraine. We are here to thank the people of Poland for the unbelievable generosity they have shown to the refugees,” says Lynch, who is chairman of the subcommittee on National Security in the Committee on Oversight and Reform.
I’m with a bipartisan group of Reps. in Poland to see what’s being done and what more Congress can do to support our NATO allies and the people of Ukraine #StandWithUkraine ???????? pic.twitter.com/UIKb4940Hn
— Congresswoman Chellie Pingree ???????? ???????? (@chelliepingree) March 19, 2022
During an online meeting with the media, the American lawmakers stress the need to urgently assist Ukraine’s military in their fight against Russian forces. They said there is no room for peace talks as long as there is a “hot war.”
“The most urgent action that we can take is to make sure that the Ukrainian fighters — those valiant patriots who are fighting for their freedom — have every bit of equipment, every bit of supply, every bit of support that we can possibly deliver to them,” Lynch says.
Other members of the delegation included Democratic Reps. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts and Chellie Pingree of Maine, and Republican Reps. Jake LaTurner from Kansas, Mark Green from Tennessee, Pat Fallon from Texas, and Nancy Mace from South Carolina.
