JUST IN: Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Amendment To Block Funding For NATO And Ukraine

6 months ago

During debate on the House floor, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) ripped into US funding for NATO and Ukraine, and introduced an amendment to strip funding from NATO's Security Investment Program

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00:00Gentlewoman from Georgia. Thank you, Madam Speaker. My amendment strikes funding for the North Atlantic Treaty

00:06Organization, NATO, security investment program. My amendment would strike over

00:12433 million dollars in NATO funding from the bill.

00:17America should not be doling out hundreds of millions of dollars to international organizations to help them fight

00:25their enemies,

00:26especially when they are unwilling to fight for themselves.

00:30As of 2023, a majority of NATO countries do not meet their pledge to spend a

00:37minimum of 2% of their GDP on defense. The United States has been

00:43financing and promising to defend NATO countries for decades and paying more than its fair share,

00:49all while countries like Germany fail to fulfill their NATO obligations.

00:56European countries could and should be stepping up their financial contributions to ensure the security of NATO.

01:03Instead, they prefer the U.S. taxpayer to foot the bill, and if the time comes for

01:09American service members to die for them. Our

01:13continued involvement in NATO only undermines the security of our nation,

01:18because it embroils the United States and other countries' military

01:23entanglements, even if the United States has no direct interest.

01:27This is exactly what has happened in Ukraine, which could become a part of NATO.

01:33Billions of American taxpayer dollars go to the corruption

01:37capital of the world, and the sanctions placed on Russia end up actually hurting Americans. As

01:43long as we remain a member of NATO, the United States will continue to function as the military ATM of

01:51European countries at the expense of our own citizens,

01:55putting our own national security and our economy at risk. If the United States further

02:01involves itself in NATO, it may be another 20 years of Afghanistan all over again,

02:08except the outcome may end up being much, much worse.

02:12Madam Speaker, I reserve.

02:15Gentlewoman reserves.

JUST IN: Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Amendment To Block Funding For NATO And Ukraine

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