Includes funding for longer range artillery of a heavier caliber than the howitzers we ve already been sending there. to in other words, we re sending artillery to ukrainehat that can easily strike russian a territoy and we re sending thirty three billionng. how much is thirty three billion in a moment when congresson is writig checks for trillions? int well, to put it into context.is thirty three billion isby more than double what the biden administration spends protecting our national borders. and that s just one check to ukraine. but it s doublene c the annual budget to protect our borders. the administration taxes want to double just requested 15 billion for the entireio budget for us customsn. and border protection and just eight billiononan the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. so we re spending twice on their borders. what we spenders on our own ine request in one week. how much issp thirty three billion? well, it s more than we spenden on veterans affairs every month ta