GOP Representative Anna Paulina Luna has proposed a bill that would force members of Congress who support Senator Chuck Schumer’s $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine to serve on the front lines of the conflict. Luna’s bill aims to hold lawmakers accountable for their support of significant taxpayer funds for military aid to counter Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.
Anna Paulina Luna: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida’s 13th district
Since Vladimir Putin’s invasion, the United States has provided approximately $75 billion in military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Congress is currently engaged in a fierce fight to provide an additional $60 billion.
The SCHUMER Act, also known as the Senators Can Help Underpin Military Engagement and Readiness Act, would mandate that supporters of military assistance serve “not fewer than six months to active duty in support of a contingency operation.”
If additional members would like to be original co-sponsors of the measure, Luna’s office has requested them to sign on by February 12.
Schumer gave an interview to MSNBC in which he warned that if Ukraine did not engage in fighting, the United States could soon have boots on the ground to fight Russia in Eastern Europe.
‘If we don’t aid Ukraine, Putin will walk all over Ukraine, we will lose the war, and we could be fighting in Eastern Europe in a NATO ally in a few years. Americans won’t like that,’ the New York Democrat said.
Since Vladimir Putin’s invasion, the United States has provided approximately $75 billion in military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine. Congress is currently engaged in a fierce fight to provide an additional $60 billion.
After Schumer’s interview, Luna posted on Twitter, “In honor of Chuck Schumer, I’ll be introducing a bill that will require any politician who advocates for sending American troops to Ukraine to be required to fight on the front lines with them.”
To whoever leaked my bill:
Congratulations, you played yourself.
I make no apologies. My bill, the SCHUMER Act, would require Members of Congress to fight on the front lines in Ukraine if they support Schumer’s calls for American sons & daughters to fight.
Anna Paulina Luna
