Remarks
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer House Resolution 8034, the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2024. This bill provides $26.38 billion to fortify Americaâs support of our Israeli allies and defend our troops in the region.
It is part of a larger package of three security supplemental appropriations acts before us for Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific. All three are essential to deter our adversaries.
There are moments where action is optional. A convenience but not a necessity. A choice. This is not one of those moments.
The world is in chaos, Americans have been killed, and our allies and partners are dying on the front lines every day.
Today’s rule makes in order a series of three critical security supplemental bills, Mr. Speaker, paired with a fourth bill covering other high-priority national security matters. Collectively, these bills represent the commitment to move critical and much-needed security assistance funding for America’s friends and partners.
Madam Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 8035, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, as well as the other two national security supplemental bills and a fourth bill that is full of strong conservative policy priorities.
As we stand here today, a strategic-military troika of evil sits over the horizon marching toward the destruction of the values that we and our democratic allies hold so dear.
We can either turn our heads away and hope to appease this great evil or we can stand by our allies and confront this nefarious scourge.
History has taught us that appeasement does not work.
I rise today to offer H.R. 8036, the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024. The bill provides eight point twelve billion dollars in emergency supplemental appropriations to continue efforts to counter communist China and ensure a strong deterrence in the region.
