WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s spy chiefs testified before the House Intelligence Committee on March 12 about the biggest security threats facing the nation. Their testimony could add urgency to a stalled effort in Congress to provide tens of billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine.

Appearing before the committee, the heads of the CIA, FBI, NSA and other federal agencies said they were growing increasingly concerned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could spread to other Western countries. Several called on Congress to approve more aid for Ukraine as soon as possible.

“You can already see the Ukrainian military rationing ammunition. You can already see them becoming more vulnerable to Russian attacks from the air, from drones, from missiles, from aircraft,” said CIA director William Burns. “That’s the future we’re going to see, I think, without providing them the munitions that they’ve used so effectively in the past which I believe are the key to a serious negotiation down the road.”

A bipartisan foreign aid bill that includes $60 billion in assistance for Ukraine passed the Senate. However, House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to bring the measure up for a vote.

Republican support for the legislation collapsed after former President Donald Trump came out against it, opposed to provisions that would impose new restrictions at the southern U.S. border before the November presidential election.

Democrats have floated the idea of forcing a vote through a maneuver known as a discharge petition, in which 218 members can force bills to a vote. Democrats currently have 213 members, requiring just five Republicans to force a vote.

“I would support a discharge petition, any mechanism that gets it on the floor so that democracy can play out,” said Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio. “If it gets on the floor, it will get 300 votes. It will be a bipartisan bill and it will pass.”

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., is organizing a Republican effort to support such a vote. His discharge petition is now open for signatures.

Some Republicans have hinted they might consider voting for a discharge petition.

“I would love the supplemental to hit the floor and I believe we need to support our allies—I’ve been very clear on that—with weapons only, and we should continue to move forward in that fashion. Brian Fitzpatrick with possibly a discharge petition that may hit the floor—Speaker Johnson has a decision to make,” said Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, who added he much preferred moving the measure to a vote without a discharge petition to allow for proper deliberation, amendment and consideration.

The Intelligence Committee chair, Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, has not said whether he would support a discharge petition. He did say Tuesday that Russia was part of a gathering threat against America.

“We are in the midst of a shifting geopolitical landscape with strategic competition at the forefront,” Turner said. “Now more than at any other time, at least not since the Cold War, nation-state threats are dominating the United State’s national security concerns. Beijing, Moscow and Tehran are anti-American and working together domestically, regionally and internationally.”

The push to approve Ukraine aid through a discharge petition is a longshot. The last successful discharge petition was in 2015, and the current proposal is already facing opposition from some House members.