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President Biden Delivering Remarks On Ukraine Aid Package

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President Joe Biden is in Troy, Alabama and shortly due to deliver remarks on the Ukraine aid package following a tour of a Lockheed Martin facility.

  • Livestream can be followed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1nC7TyvB7o&featur...
  • White House press secretary Jen Psaki said yesterday that the trip is designed to ‘…make the case in these remarks about how vital it is to move this legislation forward.’
  • Biden will also use the trip to urge Congress to quickly pass the Bipartisan Innovation Act aimed at boosting domestic chip manufacturing and easing US dependence on China.
  • The White House has claimed that the domestic chip industry is vital for the Ukraine war effort. Jen Psaki said that each Javelin missile requires more than 200 semiconductors.
  • ·Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to take up the USD$33 billion Ukraine package next week.

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