.SpeakerMcCarthy indicated that he has no immediate plans to visit Ukraine after receiving an invite from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Let’s be very clear about what I said: no blank checks, OK?' McCarthy reaffirmed.
Zelensky welcomed McCarthy to visit the war-torn nation half a world away as other members of Congress have done, suggesting that it would help inform his political positions on Ukraine. In response to news of the invite, McCarthy reaffirmed that he is opposed to handing Ukraine a"blank check.
“Let’s be very clear about what I said: no blank checks, OK? So, from that perspective, I don’t have to go to Ukraine to understand where there’s a blank check or not,” McCarthy said when asked by CNN while clarifying he did not have plans to visit Ukraine. President Joe Biden visited Ukraine last month to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion. His visit was followed by a delegation of congressional Republicans led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul .
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