FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Michael McCaul

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Oct. 11, 2023.

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday he does not expect the Republican-led chamber will consider President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars more aid for Ukraine before mid-March, after it debates broader spending bills.

“I don’t want to speak for the speaker, but I do think he wants to get through the appropriations process first- that takes us to March 8 — and then deal with the supplemental,” Republican Rep. Michael McCaul told journalists at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.