Mr. Chair, we have been actively involved and have been a great contributor to the efforts of the democratic strength-building efforts in Ukraine for a few decades.
I should just point out that we are actually the sixth largest donor of technical assistance to Ukraine. We have invested over $410 million in the official development assistance program we have been part of. We are contributing about $20 million annually, as the member opposite pointed out, which is geared toward issues of democracy, improving things around the rule of law, and increasing economic opportunities for Ukraine and Ukrainians.
One of the reasons this is so frustrating is that the leadership of Ukraine has decided that they are not that interested right now in pursuing this agreement with the EU. We have spent a lot of time and effort working with folks there trying to set it up so that they have economic opportunities. We do not see them turning eastward rather than coming into and integrating with the EU, which would be a development that would be in their best interest economically.