The United States government has suspended the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) contracting initiatives.
"Hopefully the successful effort to strip Ukraine funding from the CR is the first of many victories by the antiwar fiscal conservatives over the military-industrial complex and its politicians, lobbyists, and propagandists."
Ukraine, facing ongoing internal and external conflict, is experiencing a substantial reliance on international aid, with external assistance forming about 70% of its budget.
Florida’s Republican Representative Matt Gaetz has officially approached Catherine Szpindor, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the U.S. House of Representatives, submitting a formal request to have his salary retained until a resolution to fund the government is reached.