the only respect one thing, and that is strength, and that we learned from ronald reagan. peace through strength works. pretending enemies don't hate you does not work. you can hide out at home, they are still going to hate you. and they are attacking us, at lease the houthis are. and we need to stand up and do what we did today. ok. thanks, everybody.

>> were going to leave this and take you live to senate majority leader chuck schumer following passage of the aid package. senator schumer: it is not every day you can say you made the world a better place but the senate can say that tonight. let me say a few things. after more than six months of hard work, many to us and turns, americans will not turn our back on you. we tell our allies we stand with you. we tell our adversaries don't mess with us. we told the world we will do everything to defend democracy.

the national security bill is one of the most important measures in a very long time to protect american security and of the security of western democracy. to our friends in ukraine, america will deliver more supplies to resist vladimir putin on the battlefield. to israel america will deliver aid to help you fight this gorge of hamas. two innocent civilians in gaza and those around the world who face hunger, america will deliver food, medicine and clothing. we will stand with you to resist the chinese communist party. and to the world, america will never shrink from its responsibilities as a leader on the world stage. tonight we make vladimir putin

request the day he questioned america's those solve. over the past few months i have spoken over and over again about the importance of getting the supplemental package done. starting in the fall thanksgiving, christmas, new year's, the spring, this was on our minds because it was so important and i said we had to work in a bipartisan way. democrats and republicans. i went to israel and ukraine to look our allies in the eyes and say we will get this done, we will not desert you. we succeeded in getting the supplemental in february for two reasons. persistence and bipartisanship. today the bill congress is sending is the same as what the

senate has been pushing all along. passing this confirm something i have stressed, the only way to get something done is bipartisanship. anyone who tries to do if the partisan way will lose. that is what happened today, bipartisanship save the day. leader mcconnell and i do not agree, but we work hand-in-hand shoulder to shoulder and we were bipartisan. as i've said, this is an inflection point in history, western democracy faces the greatest test since the end of the cold war. passing the supplemental that would give approval to xi jinping. i'm glad when it mattered the

most, finally, finally, finally, both parties came together to do the right thing for security. i thank president biden for his leadership, i thank leader jeffries and speaker johnson. i think chair murray and vice chair collins. and particular thanks to my caucus. we have the most unity. we stick together. that gave us strength. we air our differences and tried to come together. i would like to give a leader mcconnell again. a lot of negative comments within his own party, he knew the right thing to do and he stuck with it. so when it matters most, america summons the strength to overcome

the pole of partisanship. under the watchful eye of history the senate stood tall. questions? yes? reporter: [indiscernible. ] >> time was of the essence. the white house -- look, the white house needed aid and it was a lot of aid. they are doing everything they can to make sure humanitarian aid gets to the people. i have a lot of confidence.

we've had an amazing three major pieces of legislation. bipartisanship getting the government funded, and this bill, supplemental got done, it was a month that is a testament to bipartisanship. do not let the hard right pull you over. they are not interested in getting anything done, just negativity and destruction. i hope our colleagues have learned not to listen to the hard right, but to work to get this done. yes? look, speaker johnson included in the big supplemental bill, we had to get it passed as quickly

as possible. yes? thank you. >> there are protesters in front of your brooklyn residence. people saying -- aid to israel. what is your response to the protests? senator schumer: i put out a statement about columbia. peaceful protest is appropriate and i've always had goals in terms of israel policy. reduce the presence of hamas. free the hostages, get as much aid as possible done and do everything you can to avoid civilian casualties. last one. >> what are your major goals? senator schumer: we have a bunch of goals. we will do our best to get them

done. they include trying to get $35 insulin, trying to get $35 insulin, trying to get child safety, online child safety done. dealing with the safer act and cannabis reform. we've got a lot to do and we can work in a bipartisan way. thank you, everybody. i left a message for president zelenskyy. he called me and said we got it done. now go win the fight. it is a very full package.