gdp of that nation. today, we rank 16th on that list. in other words, 15 other countries -- estonia, denmark, platt via -- latvia, lithuania, finland, poland, sweden, north macedonia, albania, romania, the netherlands, norway, germany, the czech republic, and the united kingdom -- are all spending more of their gdp to help ukraine than we are. and i think that is such an important point. yet, we hear over and over again, by those who are opposed to assistance, that the europeans are not doing their part. they are clearly doing their part. with regard to the indo-pacific, this package would help deter a menacing china whose navy now exceeds the size of ours. and in the budget that the president just sent up, that would only grow worse, since the president is requesting the lowest number of new ships in 15 years, and we cannot allow that to happen. this legislative package also includes 1.9 billion to replenish u.s. military's inventories transferred under taiwan presidential drawdown authority as authoriz