Biden signs $95 billion foreign aid bill, sending money to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
“It’s going to make America safer, it’s going to make the world safer, and it continues America’s leadership in the world and everyone knows it," Biden said.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed the $95 billion emergency foreign aid package to send support to Israel and Ukraine amid ongoing conflicts in both nations.
Over the weekend, the House passed three foreign aid bills to provide funding to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, sending them the Senate, which approved the legislation Tuesday.
"It's a good day for America. It's a good day for Europe, and it's a good day for world peace," Biden said when he signed the legislation, according to The Hill. "It's going to make America safer, it’s going to make the world safer, and it continues America’s leadership in the world and everyone knows it."
He also criticized "MAGA Republicans," whom he said "were blocking aid [while] Ukraine’s been running out of artillery shells and ammunition."
"Meanwhile, Putin’s friends are keeping him well supplied," Biden went on, before asserting that America "rose to the moment" to pass the legislation.
Reports emerged earlier this week that Washington was preparing a $1 billion aid package for Ukraine in anticipation of Biden's signature.