Ukraine Support Act
Floor Speech
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Mr. FINE. Mr. Speaker, let me start with a simple premise: What Russia did was terrible, and Vladimir Putin is a bad guy. Hopefully, there is no one in this room who disagrees with that, but I also think that when you file a piece of legislation, it comes with an obligation to draft it carefully because laws have meaning. This proposed piece of legislation is incredibly poorly drafted. It contains numerous critical drafting errors.
For example, in section 313, which is related to dual-use export controls for Russia, subsections (e)(2), (f), and (g), the bill starts to mention Iran rather than Russia. It is clear after re-reading it that someone just copied and pasted from another bill that didn't have anything to do with Ukraine or Russia. It was a bill relating to Iran. They just simply forgot to switch the countries.
We deserve better than that as we debate a bill. Some of the sections are outdated, and they would harm U.S. national security.
Section 102(b)(5) urges all NATO allies to dedicate at least 2 percent of their GDP to national defense. As has been said at the June 2025 Hague Summit, they agreed to 5 percent. Why would we pass a bill that says we want you to do 2 percent?
We have NATO allies that ain't so great anymore. I would focus on Spain, for example. Why would we in this room want to pass something where we as a body are saying: No, you don't have to do 5 percent. Two percent would be A-OK.
The worst thing about this bill is that it would actually hurt Ukraine. It wouldn't even help them. Section 204 extends the USAI at $300 million for each of fiscal years `26 and `27 and moves the program's sunset to December 31, 2027. Under current law, thanks to the FY 2026 NDAA, the $400 million for fiscal year 2026, and roughly $800 million across fiscal years 2026 and 2027, extends the program through December.
This bill is not about helping Ukraine. This is not about standing up to Vladimir Putin. This is about engaging in Trump derangement syndrome as President Trump tries to bring this in for a landing.
Mr. Speaker, this bill should be voted down, and frankly, given the drafting errors, we shouldn't even be spending the time talking about it.
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