Johnson says Ukraine aid will come up ‘right after’ recess and will include some ‘innovations’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Sunday that he plans to pass a package that includes aid to Ukraine when the House returns from recess, saying he expects the package to include “some important innovations.” He said there was.

In an interview on “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy,” Prime Minister Johnson emphasized the difficult position he finds himself in given the historically narrow majority in the House of Representatives, but throughout the current working period He said he is working to come up with a package and plan. When the House returns to session, it will be placed on the floor.

“What we have to do in an era of divided government, as we have historically, is build consensus. If you want to take partisan measures, you can literally call every member of Congress We have to collect it,” Johnson said. “And some things need to be done on a bipartisan basis.”

“But when it comes to the supplement, we have been working to build that consensus. We have been talking to all of our members throughout the district work period, especially now. Once we return from this work period, “We’re going to be transitioning our products, and I think that’s going to include some significant innovations,” Johnson said.

Prime Minister Johnson raised the possibility of extending loans to Ukraine, for example. The idea gained attention earlier this month as a way to help Ukraine assuage conservative concerns about providing more aid as it fights Russian aggression.

Johnson also mentioned REPO of Ukrainian Personal LawIt would authorize the president to seize Russian sovereign assets frozen in the United States and provide them to Ukraine for use against Russia.

“If the REPO Act allows Ukrainians to use the seized assets of Russian oligarchs to fight them, that’s just poetry,” Johnson said. “Even President Trump is talking about loan initiatives, and we’re not just giving out foreign aid. We’re building relationships that allow them to give it to us when the time is right.”

In an effort to “unleash America’s energy,” Johnson added, “we want to make natural gas exports that will help bundle President Vladimir Putin’s war chest.” We should…I think it would make more sense and be more consensual. ”

“We are assembling that product and will be moving it as soon as the district’s work period is over,” Johnson said.

The interview comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson hints that he intends to pass legislation to provide funding to Ukraine, but has not yet elaborated on what that would look like.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said earlier Sunday that he was confident that aid to Ukraine would receive “overwhelming support” when Congress returns, and that once Congress returns, Prime Minister Johnson underlined his commitment to prioritize funding for the United States.

“We just passed all the bills that fund the federal government, and the Speaker has made it very clear that that’s the next big thing when we come back,” Turner said Sunday. “We believe this will receive overwhelming support in Congress, and we intend to put the bill on the president’s desk.”