beck on the floor to force a vote on this, but johnson, so far, avoiding us as we have been trying to find out him all day long, does not want to face us ahead of these critical votes. both for the first time as i can remember as a speaker, he said is critically important to the national security and i'm talking about the a two ukraine here. >> julie, i want to thank you for getting us caught up to speed and i am going to let you go so that you can actually catch up on what is going on behind you. julie sirkin, thanks for being here. i appreciate it. >>> as we await those votes that are expected to come in later today on the house foreign aid package, house minority leader hakeem jeffries gave a preview of what to expect from democrats when it comes to voting on these bills. >> democrats will provide a majority of our majority as it relates to funding israel, humanitarian assistance, ukraine, and our allies in the indo pacific. it remains to be seen what republicans will do. >> joining me now is congresswoman susan wilde, a member of the house foreign affairs committee. we are getting