Ezell among 70 Republicans who voted to cut off security assistance to Ukraine

The South Mississippi Congressman says the U.S. can’t afford to proceed writing clean checks to different international locations.

On Thursday, Mississippi’s 4th District Congressman Mike Ezell was amongst 70 Republicans who voted for an modification earlier than the U.S. Home of Representatives that may have reduce off all U.S. navy safety help to Ukraine.

The opposite three Mississippi Congressmen – Trent Kelly (R-MS 1), Bennie Thompson (D-MS 2) and Michael Visitor (R-MS 3) – opposed the modification.

The modification was one in all many supplied in the course of the Home debate on H.R. 2670, the Nationwide Protection Authorization Act for Fiscal 12 months 2024.

Provided by Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, the one-line modification said, “However any provision of this or some other Act, no federal funds could also be made accessible to supply safety help to Ukraine.”

The modification failed by a vote of 358-70, as all Democrats and the overwhelming majority of Republicans opposed it.

Because the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. has offered the war-torn Easter European nation with tens of billions of {dollars} in support together with strategic navy property such munitions.

Congressman Ezell advised Magnolia Tribune on Friday that the U.S. can’t proceed to write down clean checks to different international locations.

“The U.S. has already despatched greater than $75 billion to Ukraine since this invasion started,” Ezell stated. “We’re dealing with main crises at residence, together with a weakened economic system, rising crime, and a wide-open Southern border. We are able to’t afford to proceed writing clean checks to different international locations.”

When providing the modification, Congressman Gaetz acknowledged the inevitability of his modification dropping within the chamber, but he deemed it necessary because it put the members on file as to the place they stand on the matter.

“My modification goes to lose overwhelmingly when it’s put up for a vote,” stated Gaetz. “However the American individuals will see who desires to symbolize them, and who desires to symbolize Crimea.”

Different Amendments of Curiosity Provided within the Home Thursday and How Mississippi’s Congressmen Voted

A slew of different amendments to the Nationwide Protection Authorization Act for Fiscal 12 months 2024 had been supplied within the U.S. Home on Thursday. Listed here are a number of of them together with how Mississippi’s 4 Congressmen voted:

An modification to remove any workplaces of Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion together with the personnel in stated workplaces throughout the workplaces of the Armed Forces and Division of Protection.
Congressmen Kelly (R-MS 1), Visitor (R-MS 3) and Ezell (R-MS 4) supported.

Congressman Thompson (D-MS 2) opposed.

The modification handed 214-213 with 4 Republicans opposed.

An modification to ban the Division of Protection from establishing new DEI administrator positions and/or taking actions to fill vacancies in at the moment current DEI billets.
Congressmen Kelly (R-MS 1), Visitor (R-MS 3) and Ezell (R-MS 4) supported.

Congressman Thompson (D-MS 2) opposed.

The modification handed 218-213 with two Republicans opposed.

An modification to ban the Division of Protection Training Exercise colleges from buying and having pornographic and radical gender ideology books of their libraries.
Congressmen Kelly (R-MS 1), Visitor (R-MS 3) and Ezell (R-MS 4) supported.

Congressman Thompson (D-MS 2) opposed.

The modification handed 220-209 with two Democrats supporting.

An modification to ban the Secretary of Protection from paying for or reimbursing bills regarding abortion companies.
Congressmen Kelly (R-MS 1), Visitor (R-MS 3) and Ezell (R-MS 4) supported.

Congressman Thompson (D-MS 2) opposed.

The modification handed 221-213 with two Republicans opposed and one Democrat supporting.

You’ll find the complete record of amendments supplied within the chamber on Thursday together with the votes taken right here.

As soon as the measure is shipped to the U.S. Senate, which is below Democratic management, negotiations between the 2 chambers and amongst members will flesh out the ultimate laws. Most of the amendments adopted by the Republican-led Home could not make it via the method as soon as negotiations with the Senate play out.