Colorado congressman prioritizes Ukraine aid

DENVER (KDVR) —U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson hopes to vote on separate foreign funding aid measures for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. The measures total $95 billion.

A key procedural vote gained approval Friday to move ahead with the bill, Democrats joining Republicans in a rare assist. Johnson said recent intelligence convinced him that Ukrainian aid is critically important.

“We can’t play politics of this. We have to do the right thing, and I’m going to allow an opportunity for every single member of the House to vote their conscience and their will on this, and I think that’s the way this institution is supposed to work,” Johnson said.

On “Colorado Point of View” this week, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow said out of all the foreign funding aid measures, money for Ukraine is his top priority.

“Ukraine is running out of ammunition, literally,” said Crow, the Democrat who represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. “I’m not using that as a figure of speech. They’re running out of ammunition.”

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But U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert voiced frustration with the House speaker’s plan.

“These foreign aid bills include nothing for the border,” said Boebert, the Republican representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. “They include nothing for the American people. Is this some kind of sick joke?”

Crow called her response a sick joke: “Frankly, she doesn’t really understand what’s going on here,” he said.

“There are more Republicans who stand by and support Speaker Johnson than there’s just this few small group of extremists who continue to try to blow everything up to try to oust Speaker Johnson from the speakership, grind Congress to a halt, which does not serve Coloradans, does not serve the American people,” Crow added.

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