The details of President Biden's urgent funding request to Congress for military aid to Israel and Ukraine were released Friday.
The total cost of the White House's ask is nearly $106 billion, which will include funding for Israel, Ukraine, humanitarian aid to Gaza, U.S. border security and additional funds for security in the Indo-Pacific and to counter Chinese financing in developing countries.
The numbers released by the White House Office of Management and Budget are:
$61.4 billion in supplemental funding for Ukraine;
$14.3 billion in supplemental funding for Israel, of which $10.6 billion is military aid;
$13.6 billion for border protection, including $1.2 billion to counter fentanyl. This funding would pay for 1,300 new Border Patrol agents, 1,600 asylum offices and 375 immigration judge teams;
$2 billion for countering PRC financing in developing countries;
And $9 billion for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza.
"Over the coming weeks, the Administration looks forward to continued engagement with members of both parties to reach a comprehensive, bipartisan agreement to fund the Government and invest in critical national priorities," director of OMB Shalanda Young said in the letter to Congress. "As part of that process, the Congress has an opportunity and obligation to advance our national security by addressing critical needs that should earn Bipartisan support."
Fox News' Jamie Joseph and Sarah Tobianski contributed to this update.
Posted by Chris Pandolfo
