Yellen: ‘We Can’t Allow Ukraine to Lose a Battle on the Homefront, Because It Lacks Enough Money to Keep Schoolteachers in the Classroom’’

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YELLEN: “Well, it’s a critical priority for the president and critical to the national security of our country. I can’t prognosticate about the timetable on this, I’m pleased that Congress has passed legislation to keep the government open and running, but it really is essential that this aid be provided both to Israel and to Ukraine. We can’t allow Ukraine to lose a battle on the homefront because it lacks enough money to keep schoolteachers in the classroom and first responders on the job when it’s fighting valiantly on — on the battlefield. So Ukraine is utterly dependent on this aid.”