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Steny Hoyer: “$400 million will provide weapons that the Ukrainians badly…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 03:45

$400 million in a $1 trillion, $72 billion bill. But it will make a difference psychologically as well as militarily, because that $400 million will provide weapons that the Ukrainians badly need to meet the Russian threats of their bombing of Kyiv on a regular basis. 100% of the time. 16 of you have voted for Ukraine. I hope you do so one more time because as the gentleman of Texas said, what America says matters. (03:45–03:57)

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Asserts that $400 million will supply Ukraine with necessary weapons against Russian threats.

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