Blumenthal Statement on Senate Republicans Blocking National Security Funding Package

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement after the Senate failed to move ahead with a supplemental funding package for national security priorities, including the war in Ukraine:

“Champagne corks are popping in the Kremlin’s halls – celebrating this setback for Ukraine’s democracy and ours. I am still hopeful that my colleagues will come together to provide Ukraine with the tools it needs to turn back Russia’s savage assault. If this vote stands and our support falters, Ukraine may well fall and our own national security could be severely endangered. Let’s show Putin that our democracy still works. Not just Russia, but all of our adversaries and allies, indeed the whole world, is watching.”

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