Rep. Barry Moore rejects funding gimmick that fails to protect Taiwan

Washington, D.C.- Today, Rep. Barry Moore opposed H.R. 8036, a budget gimmick masquerading as a Taiwan aid bill. This legislation sends $8 billion to the Indo-Pacific to give Taiwan military resources, but a provision in the bill allows more than $2 billion of those funds to be redirected to Ukraine.

“I believe we should protect Taiwan from Chinese aggression, but this bill is just another example of the same old swamp shenanigans to funnel more money to Ukraine," said Moore. "I will not vote to allow President Biden to redirect more funding to Ukraine, who has already received $117 billion with little oversight from the United States. More than half of Americans, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet due to Biden's inflation, believe we should not provide more funding to Ukraine. We need to put America first."

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