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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Amid House Chaos, Biden Faces Shrunken Legislative Agenda: Avoid Shutdowns, Fund Ukraine [Watch (HLS stream): Amid House Chaos, Biden Faces Shrunken Legislative Agenda: Avoid Shutdowns, Fund Ukraine](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kM5mcYDb.m3u8) (3:09)  _Published 2023-10-05. Facing a likely roadblock from House Republicans on aid for Ukraine, President Joe Biden said Wednesday he’s planning to give a major speech on the issue and suggested there may be “another means” to provide support for Kyiv if Congress continues to balk._ --- Oct 5, 2023 5:05 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Congress Avoided a Government Shutdown—What Happens Next?](/video/MTaVWzPg/) ### Congress Avoided a Government Shutdown—What Happens Next? 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Were you that you won't be able to deliver the a that the US has promised to Ukraine. And but I know there are majority of members of the House and Senate in both parties. Who have said that they support on in Ukraine. With your, I'm going to be an ounce of here shortly. Major speech on going to make on this issue and why it's critically important for United States and our allies that we keep our commitment. Without the additional. Be able to support. We can support Ukraine. The next Tron should we need, and there is another means, by which we may be able to find funding for that, but I'm not going to do that. Now as promised president zelensky during his visit in the white house that you would provide as the long-range missiles for Ukraine. I have spoken with solinsky and everything. He's asked for we've worked out. 22 way to listen to it. If I'm going to make the argument that it's overwhelmingly and interesting United States of America, that Ukraine succeed. And it's over 1 million in our interest. I've spent two and a half years putting together coalition's, no one thought could be put together and they've strengthened us across the board, not just his relation to Crane weather, is Japan and South Korea are whether it's what's happening in Europe itself. And so, I think that it's clear to the vast majority of the foreign policy community in both left and right, that this has been a valuable exercise for the United States of America, to increase the support we have around the world. And what I don't want to do is we we put together or 50 Nations, 50 Nations, support in Ukraine and we have the rear of the organizer that I met with. The don't hold me, the exact number 16 or 17 yesterday, and a long conversation. And I made the case that I knew that the majority of the American people still support Ukraine, and the majority of the members of the Congress vote. Democrat Republican, support it. 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