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Steny Hoyer: “Our silence essentially for the last 24 months, actually…”

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

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Helping Ukraine Defend Against Tyranny is a Central Battle in Fight Between Democracy & Despotism

Published | Video Starts at 03:06

And because we are an exceptional nation, we are the symbolic nation. We are the nation who says if we support you, you're going to do well. And that is why Our silence essentially for the last 24 months, actually April of, of 24, is so deafening and so demoralizing for our Ukrainian friends. and sends such a bad message to Putin of inaction. $400 million in a $1 trillion, $72 billion bill. (03:06–03:21)

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Asserts that the lack of action for 24 months has been demoralizing for Ukraine.

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