Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Support legislation to provide Ukraine $15 billion and impose sanctions related to Russia's war effort.. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Remarks supporting congressional action on Ukraine assistance and sanctions during House Rules Committee testimony in the 2026 federal term.
Occurrences
I’m for giving them $15 billion and for putting on sanctions. But we need to pass something, and none of you believe, in the next two years, we're going to be able to pass things – whether we take the majority or not – that the President can't veto and that we could override.
Hoyer stated support for giving Ukraine $15 billion and imposing sanctions, while arguing Congress needed to pass achievable legislation.
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"I'm for giving them $15 billion and for putting on sanctions."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hoyer expressly stated support for both elements of the commitment during Rules Committee consideration of the Russia/Iran sanctions bill.
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"Authorizes $15 billion in foreign military financing for Ukraine."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Rules Committee listed a submitted amendment to add $15 billion in Ukraine foreign military financing to the sanctions vehicle; the same page shows it was not made in order.
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"offered by Representative Hoyer"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Rules Committee recorded Hoyer's amendment to specify countries subject to tariffs for Russian-origin oil/gas purchases or sanctions evasion; the amendment was defeated 3-7 in committee.
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"Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Hoyer"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo records Hoyer as an original cosponsor of House sanctions legislation targeting Russia, supporting the sanctions portion of the commitment.
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"DUTIES ON COUNTRIES THAT PURCHASE RUSSIAN-ORIGIN CRUDE OIL"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Senate-engrossed bill contains a country-duty mechanism for purchasers of Russian-origin crude oil or natural gas and sanctions evasion facilitators, but House concurrence/enactment remained pending in the lookback record.
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"Hoyer | Democratic | MD | Yea"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hoyer voted yes on House passage of the Ukraine Support Act, an earlier Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions package. It passed the House but was not final enactment.
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"the President signed into law:"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The White House announced enactment of H.R. 5334 during the lookback window, moving the Russia/Iran sanctions vehicle from pending legislation to law.
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"increase the rate of duty for all goods imported into the United States from a country described in subsection (c)"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enrolled bill includes a statutory duty mechanism for countries covered by the Russian-origin oil/gas and sanctions-evasion criteria, delivering the sanctions/tariff portion in law while leaving implementation deadlines to follow.
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"Hoyer | Democratic | MD | Yea"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hoyer voted yes on the House motion to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 5334, the final House vote before enactment of the sanctions vehicle.
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"Defeated: 3–7"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Rules Committee defeated the motion to make Hoyer's country-list amendment in order, showing a concrete but blocked effort to tighten the country sanctions language.
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"DUTIES ON COUNTRIES THAT PURCHASE RUSSIAN-ORIGIN CRUDE OIL OR NATURAL GAS OR FACILITATE SANCTIONS EVASION."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo's Public Law text confirms enactment of a country-duty mechanism tied to purchases of Russian-origin oil or gas and sanctions evasion, delivering the sanctions portion of the commitment in law.
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"July 20, 2026.--Read the
second time and placed
on the calendar."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The current Senate calendar still lists H.R. 2913, the Ukraine support vehicle, as placed on the Senate calendar rather than enacted; no new official enactment of the $15 billion Ukraine financing piece surfaced in the lookback window.
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"H.R. 2913 An act to authorize July 20, 2026.--Read the
support for Ukraine, second time and placed
and for other purposes. on the calendar."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The latest Senate calendar in the lookback window still lists the Ukraine Support Act on the Senate calendar, so the Ukraine-support vehicle had not been enacted as of October 13, 2026.
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"the President shall,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, increase the rate of duty
for all goods imported into the United States from a country described
in subsection (c)"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted law creates a duty mechanism for covered countries, delivering the sanctions/tariff portion in statute while leaving the statutory implementation deadline to follow.
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"A country described in this subsection is a
foreign country that--
(1)(A) knowingly made new purchases of crude oil or natural
gas that originated in the Russian Federation"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The public law defines covered countries by purchases of Russian-origin oil or gas, matching the commitment's sanctions-on-countries-funding-Russia component.
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"Hoyer | Hoyer | Democratic | MD | Yea"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hoyer voted yea on the final House motion to concur in Senate amendments to H.R. 5334, the sanctions bill that became Public Law 119-111.
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"Mr. Speaker, this is an anti-Russia/pro-Ukraine bill. Let us pass it."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Congressional Record documents Hoyer urging House passage of the Russia/Iran sanctions bill during the lookback window.