Cotton: Biden’s $100B Request ‘dead on arrival’
“President Biden’s slush fund proposal is dead on arrival, just like his budgets,” Cotton said in a statement.
“We will not spend, for example, $3.5 billion to address the ‘potential needs of Gazans,” he added, arguing that humanitarian assistance to Gaza could inadvertently fund “a resupply line for Hamas terrorists.”
Cotton balked at spending $11.8 billion to fund Ukraine’s nonmilitary needs, such as retirement pensions for Ukrainian government employees.
“Nor will we spend $4.7 billion for housing, transportation, and ‘services’ for illegal aliens in the United States rather than deporting them,” he warned.
Cotton’s tough talk signals a difficult negotiation ahead on Biden’s request for emergency funding for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
Biden has requested $61 billion for Ukraine, $14 billion for military aid to Israel and another $14 billion to address the migration surge at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The president has also asked for $10 billion in humanitarian assistance and $2 billion for Indo-Pacific security.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a key ally of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), declared Friday that President Biden’s $100 billion foreign aid and national security funding request is “d…
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