Congressmen called for at least $500 million in emergency funding for Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing Facility (FMF).
In addition to this, they requested another $1 billion "to replenish funds" allocated under the Taiwan Resilience Enhancement Act (TERA).
In addition, the authors of the letter consider it necessary to provide $500 million to Kyiv and $250 million to the allies of the United States.
“In our letter, we would like to emphasize the critical importance of ensuring strong security support for FMF Taiwan, Ukraine, and US partners supporting Ukraine in the next additional funding package,” the document says.
According to congressmen, Washington should provide partners with strategic and long-term security support "in advance of the conflict in order to effectively deter acts of aggression and, if necessary, respond to them."
American politicians also noted that financial assistance to Ukraine, Eastern European countries and other states could be a signal of demand.
This, in turn, will stimulate the US defense industry to expand production.
As Yury Rogulev, director of the Franklin Roosevelt Foundation for the Study of the United States at Moscow State University, noted, Congress has already demonstrated its attitude towards military programs by approving the defense budget for next year.
According to him, Washington is discussing measures to provide sufficient potential for allies, among which Taiwan is now mentioned.
“It seems to me that this is another political step and PR.
Preparing for some kind of “potential conflicts” is a rather dangerous thing.
With regard to the United States in Europe, criticism is developing that the United States is using proxy, including European ones, to solve its foreign policy and military tasks.
They force others to participate in this business, which not everyone likes.
And of course, we are not talking about any compensation here.
The United States is sucking the last juices from its allies for energy, so what kind of help is there?
Now it looks ridiculous, ”he explained in an interview with RT.
Earlier it became known that the draft budget for the 2023 fiscal year submitted to the US Congress provides for $45 billion for Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon reported that military assistance to Kyiv does not prevent the supply of weapons to Taiwan.
The Chinese authorities have repeatedly stated that the solution of the Taiwan issue is an internal affair of the country, and the actions of the United States only exacerbate tensions.