U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan Calls For Expediting Weapons to Ukraine

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Chrissy Houlahan, a Chester County Democrat, is leading a bipartisan group of 10 Republicans and seven Democrats urging President Biden to transfer weapons to Ukraine.

Houlahan is a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving on the Armed Services and House of Foreign Affairs committees.

On Friday, Houlahan, during an interview on Fox News, said legislators have been urging President Biden’s administration to finalize the transfer of S-300s, a surface-to-air missile system.

Houlahan said a group of seven Democrats and 10 Republicans in the For Country Caucus group
urged the Biden Administration to finalize the plan.

The group includes Jared F. Golden, a Maine Democrat; Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican;
James R. Baird, an Indiana Republican; Salud Carajal, a California Democrat; Chris Pappas, a New Hampshire Democrat; Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Texas Republican; Adam Kisnzinger, an Illinois Republican; Conor Lamb, a western Pennsylvania Democrat; John Katko, a New York Republican.

Also, Brian Fitzpatrick, a Bucks County Republican: Jimmy Panetta, a California Democrat; Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat; Jake Ellzey, a Texas Republican; Michael Waltz, a Florida Republican; Peter Meijer, a Michigan Republican; and Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican.

Here is an excerpt from Houlahan’s interview with Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich:

Question: Do you think the Administration has shifted its strategy for helping Ukraine since they started to have some success there?

Answer: We have asked as a Congress—and I have led that ask—to make sure we are thinking of all the things that they are asking for in terms of S-300s, which is a longer-range missile system that they have been asking for.

Some of my colleagues, myself included, have even been asking the Administration to think longer term – to think about some of the weapon systems and aircraft that might be ours and not all formerly Russian, that we could possibly train up the Ukrainian Army in to make sure that if this does end up being an extended war that they are prepared to fight that extended war.

Watch the full interview here.