Senate Republican blasts House for passing foreign aid bills: Spending money ‘we don’t have’

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) slammed the House for passing the foreign aid bill, saying Congress was spending money “we don’t have” and that the U.S. should instead focus on securing its own borders. He claimed that.

“We’re going to take out more mortgages and rob our children’s futures by more than $100 billion,” Johnson said on a NewsNation appearance Saturday morning. “We spend nearly $900 billion on defense, and it seems like every time there is some kind of defense activity, we have to take additional steps.

“As I think most of us have argued, most Americans should take care of their own lives before spending the more than $100 billion they don’t have for their children’s futures to help others secure their borders. “We believe we should protect our borders,” he said. He said.

Johnson’s remarks on NewsNation Live came hours before the House of Commons formally approved the $95 billion foreign aid package after months of intense debate. The foreign aid package includes about $61 billion for Ukraine, $26 billion for Israel, humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza and other conflict zones, and $8 billion for the Indo-Pacific region. Other national security measures are also included, including a possible ban on TikTok.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had great “sympathy” for both the Ukrainian people and Israel’s right to defend itself against Russian aggression, but expressed concern that aid could not be debated in the House of Lords.

“We’re not going to get a chance to discuss that, and we’re not going to get a chance to discuss the humanitarian aid going to Hamas,” Johnson said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was concerned about what was happening to the people of Ukraine, but added there was “no chance” that Russian President Vladimir Putin would lose the war.

“My point with Ukraine has been, if not all the way through the past year, but certainly since this turned into a bloody stalemate, a proxy war between the West and Russia,” Johnson said. Ta.

“So it doesn’t make much sense to me to spend $60 billion just adding fuel to the fire of this bloody stalemate,” he later added.

The Wisconsin senator concluded he would not support the policy if it were taken up in the Senate.

“So there’s a lot that’s wrong with these bills. Just the way it’s cobbled together here, I’m not going to support it,” he said.