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Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024

Floor Speech

Date: April 20, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, Ukraine and Israel are in growing danger and running out of arms and ammunition while China casts a hungry eye on Taiwan. History warns us of allowing aggression to grow unchecked and of how quickly events in an unstable world can unravel.

Profligate spending is exhausting our resources and damaging our economy, but as Reagan reminded us, defense is not a budget issue. You spend what you need to spend. Although the defense of these besieged nations is one step removed from our own, it would be a very good thing to keep it that way.

I regret that the three military aid bills are larded up with about $20 billion of economic handouts, but we are out of options, and we are out of time. I am afraid that is the price we now have to pay for months of dithering in this House. Without these bills today, we and the world risk a future butcher's bill that is incalculable.

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