Rep. Warren Davidson labels MEGOBARI Act as wrongheaded bill

“I oppose it and I urge everyone as well,” the Republican Congressman, Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, stated as the MEGOBARI Act was debated at the House of Representatives on May 5.

“This is a wrongheaded bill. Our colleagues need to say no to this. The American people did not send us here to expand America’s security blankets in more parts of the world.

We don’t have to get involved in every conflict we’re invited to, and we certainly don’t need to seek out extra ones. We can wish the people of Georgia well without expanding our commitment to being Europe’s defence force. We’ve got a blank check to defend countries that, admittedly, like Georgia can’t really defend themselves well against Russia. They’re not even spending 2% of their money, of their GDP on defence in the current state. That’s a minimum for admission to NATO.

You couldn’t blame them for thinking that this does not really matter because even the biggest countries like Germany haven’t historically hit that threshold either, but their economy isn’t that big, so even if they spent even more, it would not matter. This is the wrong approach to national security and it also further dilutes the effectiveness of our sanction regime.

I think it’s a terrible idea. I think my constituents are wondering why we are doing this instead of the things that we campaigned on. I hope we get focused on an America-first foreign policy. This is it. I oppose it and I urge everyone as well,” Rep. Warren Davidson stated.

MEGOBARI Act is the abbreviation of the Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act, which means “friend” in Georgian; the official title of the bill is “To counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Iranian Regime, and the Russian Federation in the nation of Georgia.”

The U.S. House of Representatives has reviewed and passed the bill supported by 349 congressmen – 168 Republicans and 181 Democrats. Another 42 congressmen voted against it, and 42 abstained.