<p>House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) said on Thursday he denied Ukrainian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/volodymyr-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Volodymyr Zelensky</a>&#8216;s request to deliver an address to a joint session of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Zelensky asked for a joint session. We just didn&#8217;t have time. He&#8217;s already given a joint session,&#8221; McCarthy said, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/21/zelensky-washington-dc-biden-mccarthy-congress?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Axios</a>.</p>
<p>Zelensky, who last delivered a joint address <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?525000-102/members-congress-gather-joint-address-ukrainian-president-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in December</a>, is back in Washington, D.C., to muster support for more U.S. aid for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a>&#8216;s fight against Russian invaders. The visit is part of Zelensky&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/zelensky-lectures-the-world-about-climate-change-tries-new-tactic-for-increased-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest appeal to the international community,</a> which included a speech to the United Nations earlier this week.</p>
<p>President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/politics/ukraine-funding-supplemental-joe-biden/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> Congress for roughly $24 billion in additional military and humanitarian assistance tied to the Ukraine conflict on top of the roughly $113 billion previously allocated.</p>
<p>Some Republicans in the House and Senate <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1704836926212022346" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are opposing</a> the president&#8217;s request, demanding answers on the money being spent and progress in the war.</p>
<p>At the moment, McCarthy is contending with a group of GOP defectors in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-fails-to-pass-defense-spending-bill-after-mccarthy-delays-short-term-funding-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spending fight</a> that could lead to a government shutdown if a deal cannot be reached by the end of the month. He also announced last week an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-schedules-first-biden-impeachment-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment inquiry</a> into President Joe Biden.</p>
<p>Though he denied Zelensky a larger forum, McCarthy did meet privately with the Ukrainian leader on Thursday with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other top members of the House. They even posed for photos.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Even though Kevin McCarthy avoided a public entrance to the meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, he took photos with Zelensky in the room, per source: <a href="https://t.co/Tl8LvWWQJ0">pic.twitter.com/Tl8LvWWQJ0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Annie Grayer (@AnnieGrayerCNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/1704865830914203990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1704869595759194588" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that McCarthy said Zelensky answered many of his questions during the meeting, but the speaker remained noncommittal about the aid package sought by the Biden administration.</p>
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<p>Zelensky also participated in a closed-door meeting with senators at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday and delivered brief remarks while <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1704878561012613293" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flanked</a> by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).</p>
<p>McConnell <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/remarks/president-bidens-hesitation-hinders-support-for-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> remarks on Wednesday criticizing Biden for his &#8220;passive, indecisive leadership&#8221; on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine-Russia conflict</a>. The minority leader also declared that he &#8220;would continue to make the case, myself, for sustained support of the Ukrainian cause – not out of charity, but out of primary focus on America’s interests.&#8221;</p>
<p>Biden is expected to meet with Zelensky later in the day on Thursday.</p>

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