iran are working together. they are being aggressors around the gleb and they are a global threat to our prosperity and security. their advance threatens the free world and demands american leadership. if we turn our backs right now, the consequences could be devastating. so this afternoon, the house acted. we sent over tothe senate and it will be transmitted shortly, our national security legislation. make no mistake. this is not a blank check like the senate pup elemental bill was. this is very different. instead of taking the path of least resistance and bringing up the supmental on the house floor or allowing discharge petition, we gave our members a voice, a chance, a better process, and a much better policy. unlike the senate s blank check, the house legislation has a
israeli tactics. i think the level of civilian casualties are unacceptable. it is morally untenable. it has to change. i have been pushing the israelis and administration and anyone who will listen to me for a shift, a massive surge in humanitarian aid because of the 1.1 million palestinians on the verge of famine. but it was the humanitarian aid portion that won out. there are millions for aid and also other conflicts around the world including sow dan. there are 25 million in sudan, half of the country s population is food insecure and facing starvation in the next couple of months. we have haiti, there are people in crisis throughout the world that will be helped by this bill. so iran s foreign minister
accomplishment today. and then there are the likes of marjorie taylor greene who puts a big thumb down in the face of that which ukraine has been facing and valiantly fighting for. that s the point earlier where you see marjorie taylor greene in the lower part of your screen, a big thumbs down in reaction to the lawmakers with the small, okay maybe they are legal on the floor of the house. she was not too pleased about it. many others were. joining me now is jason crow, member of the house foreign affairs committee. i will ask your reaction to this, the passage of israel, ukraine, indo asia pacific, with regard to taiwan. is it going to clear the senate? how much of an impact will the bill have in ukraine? well, who my response. you got a flag. i think it is team we stopped
we are not ensured that in a time of divided government and in a time when there are a lot of different opinions. but there is no question that the house has made many strong improvements to the senate bill and the product we sent over there is much better. this package i will note because it is very important also includes national security priorities and many of them but it is the only way that we could have gotten democrats to support aid to israel. that s a fact. there is a lot of misinformation out there about the bill and i want to make one point about one issue that has been drawing a lot of the attention. could any of the funding go to hamas or terrorist organizations and we put safeguards in the legislation to ensure that unrwa is not funded, the u.n. amgancy that included participants in the october 7th attack on israel. we also had language that prevents the funding from going to hamas or any other bad actors. that is an important element of
money to go to gaza. there are a lot of reasons you could vote for or against a bill. but it is striking to see the difference on the policy bills. absolutely. let me offer the break down of the appropriations act 2024. it is breaking down the $26.3 billion for israel in this way. $4 billion to reflenish the iron dome and david s sling, missile defense systems, another $1.2 billion for the ern beam defense system that countered short range rockets and mortars as well. $3.5 billion for the procowerment of the advanced weapons system and the inansment and development of critical munitions. $4.4 billion to replennish defense articles and services provided to israel, $2.4 billion