Tonight, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after voting YES on H.R. 815, the National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act to fund U.S. defense interests in Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Importantly, over 75 percent of the supplemental package will remain inside the United States, with more than 60 percent of the total funding going towards supporting the U.S. defense industrial base in states like Oklahoma.

“America is less safe under a weak administration,” said Senator Mullin. “U.S. strength has always been our best deterrence against Communist China, Russia, Iran, and all those wish us harm. Right now, America’s adversaries see that our nation is vulnerable under Joe Biden’s failed leadership and would love nothing more than to see us abandon our allies in their time of need. Passing this national security package goes beyond meeting an obligation to our allies, in fact, it’s squarely in America’s best national security interest. It sends a message to the world that America is still the beacon of freedom, and that we’re willing to invest in our own defense capabilities and those of our allies as means to ensure a safer, more resilient future for our country. That’s why over 75 percent of the package stays inside the United States to directly support our national security priorities at home.”

“Finally, President Donald J. Trump deserves significant credit for suggesting the loan component and REPO Act provisions which improved this bill significantly, and I want to thank him for working with us so closely throughout this process to land strong Republican support. This legislation, though imperfect, proves once again that the United States will not waver from the side of freedom,” Mullin concluded. 

The package, which passed the Senate tonight with overwhelming bipartisan support, includes four national security bills: the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Act, the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, and the 21^st Century Peace Through Strength Act.

More information can be found below:

THE ISRAEL SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

1. $26.38 billion to support Israel in its effort to defend itself against Iran and its proxies, and to reimburse the DoD in response to recent attacks.
2. $4 billion to replenish Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile defense systems.
3. $1.2 billion for the Iron Beam defense system.
4. $3.5 billion for the procurement of advanced weapons systems, defense articles, and defense services through the Foreign Military Financing Program.
5. $1 billion to enhance the production and development of artillery and critical munitions.
6. $4.4 billion to replenish defense articles and defense services provided to Israel.
7. $2.4 billion for current U.S. military operations in response to recent attacks.
8. $9 billion for Gaza humanitarian aid. 
9. Provides $400 million to help secure non-profit institutions in America, including from increased threats of antisemitism.
10. Provides flexibility for transfers of defense articles to Israel from U.S. stockpiles.
11. Prohibits funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

THE UKRAINE SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

1. $60.8 billion to address the conflict in Ukraine and assist our regional partners as they counter Russia.
2. $48.3 billion (or 79%) of the $60.8 will fund the U.S. defense industrial base: $13.4 billion to replenish American defense stockpiles, $7.3 billion for current U.S. military operations in the region, $13.9 billion for the procurement of advanced weapons systems, defense articles, and defense services, $13.7 billion for purchasing U.S. defense systems for Ukraine, $26 million for oversight and accountability of aid and equipment provided to Ukraine.
3. Converts all financial assistance to Ukraine’s government into a $9 billion loan.
4. Requires the Administration to submit to Congress within 45 days a strategy establishing specific and achievable objectives, with metrics, that define and prioritize U.S. national security interests.
5. Bolsters oversight through in-person monitoring requirements.
6. Requires partners and allies to pay their fair share through cost-matching requirements.
7. Increases the fiscal limits on several Presidential drawdown authorities.

THE INDO-PACIFIC SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

1. $8.12 billion to continue efforts to counter Communist China and ensure a strong deterrence in the region.
2. $3.3 billion to develop submarine infrastructure, including investments in dry dock construction.
3. $2 billion in Foreign Military Financing Program for Taiwan and other key allies and security partners in the Indo-Pacific confronting Chinese aggression.
4. $1.9 billion to replenish defense articles and defense services provided to Taiwan and regional partners.
5. $542 million to strengthen U.S. military capabilities in the region. 
6. $133 million to enhance the production of artillery and critical munitions. 
7. Provides additional flexibility for Foreign Military Financing loans and loan guarantees.

THE 21^st CENTURY PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH ACT, 2024

1. Sanctions ports, vessels, and refineries dealing in Iranian oil to stop Iran from exporting tens of billions of dollars of oil a year to China.
2. Sanctions anyone involved in buying, selling, or manufacturing Iran’s missiles and drones.
3. Forces the executive branch to fully implement sanctions on high-ranking Iranian officials.
4. Imposes sanctions on anyone supporting Hamas, Palestine Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian terrorist groups and updates sanctions for using civilians as human shields.
5. Stops Iran from accessing U.S. technology to manufacture missiles and drones.
6. Sanctions those producing the drug Captagon, which is manufactured and sold by allies of the Assad regime in Syria.
7. Imposes sanctions on Iranian and Chinese technology transfers benefiting UAV warfare in Ukraine.
8. Forces the Chinese parent company, ByteDance to sell TikTok to remain in the U.S. market and protect Americans’ data from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
9. Sanctions additional Russian oligarchs and authorizes the REPO Act, which seizes and transfers an estimated $5 billion of Russian sovereign assets in the United States to Ukraine.
10. Authorizes the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, which implements sanctions on transnational criminal organizations and members of drug cartels engaged in international fentanyl trafficking, and cracks down on fentanyl related money laundering.

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