House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) suggested in a statement Monday night that the Senate was wasting its time by passing tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid without enacting border security measures.
In a statement released less than an hour before the Senate began a series of procedural votes calling for the Senate to abandon its budget priorities and adjourn the bill, Johnson rejected the effort and urged the House not to advance the bill. suggested.
“If we do not receive any changes to border policy from the House of Lords, the House of Commons will have to continue to work on these important issues on its own,” Johnson said. “America deserves better than what’s going on in the Senate.”
Additional funding for Ukraine’s stalled war against Russia comes despite claims by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who supports unlimited funding, on the Senate floor on Monday: , has become increasingly unpopular among Republican voters. This is the most important vote we will make as U.S. senators. ”
Prime Minister Johnson made it clear that Congress should move forward on addressing the U.S. southern border before considering supplemental foreign aid.
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“House Republicans have been very clear from the beginning of the debate that the so-called National Security Supplement Act must recognize that national security begins at our own borders,” Johnson said. “Ten months ago, the House took action to help enact transformative policy changes by passing the Border Security Act, but the Senate has failed to have that moment since then, including today.”
The bill, touted by Johnson on Capitol Hill, is often referred to as “HR 2” and is a standard demand for Congressional action on border issues by border hawks and House Republicans.
Mr Johnson continued to attack the Senate’s continued focus on passing foreign aid amid the ongoing border crisis.
The Senate did the right thing last week by rejecting the Ukraine-Taiwan-Gaza-Israel-Immigration Act on the grounds that its border provisions were insufficient, but the Senate did the right thing last week by rejecting the Ukraine-Taiwan-Gaza-Israel Immigration Act on the grounds that its border provisions were insufficient, but it now needs to amend the current bill to include actual border security provisions. should have returned to a blank page. It would actually help end the ongoing catastrophe.
“Instead, the Senate’s foreign aid bill is silent on the most pressing issues facing our country.”
Johnson’s statement sends a clear message to wary Republican senators that voting in favor of a politically risky foreign aid package will be futile. Still, the package looks ready to go through.
In any case, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made it clear that the House of Commons will continue to advocate for HR2 and other border efforts before considering additional foreign aid.
“The mission of the National Security Supplement Act was to secure America’s own borders before sending additional foreign aid around the world,” Johnson said. “It’s what the American people demand and deserve.”
Bradley Jay is Breitbart News’ Capitol Hill correspondent. Follow him on X/Twitter. @BradleyAJay.
