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March 16, 2022

Biden Signs Bill with $13.6B in Ukraine Aid, $0 in Pandemic Aid as WH Warns Funds Urgently Needed
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President Biden signed a bill Tuesday which includes $13.6 billion in
additional military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine. It's part of a
$1.5 trillion spending measure to fund the U.S. government through the
2022 fiscal year. The measure, however, was stripped of funding for the
pandemic after Democrats could not agree on where that money would come
from. This comes as the White House renewed urgent calls for more
coronavirus funding. This is Press Secretary Jen Psaki.

Press Secretary Jen Psaki: "We've outlined the severe and immediate
consequences that the United States will face if Congress fails to
provide us with $22.5 billion in emergency funding to fight COVID-19.
Those consequences are dire: fewer monoclonal antibodies sent to states,
an inability to purchase additional treatments, fewer tests available to
Americans, less surveillance for future variants and a risk of running
short on vaccines."



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