Speaker Johnson Defends Pairing Aid for Ukraine with Funding for Border Security

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JOHNSON: "Ukraine will come in short order. It will come next. And you’ve heard me say that we want to a pair border security with Ukraine, because I think we could get bipartisan agreement on both of those matters. Look, the American people feel very strongly about this, and I do as well, and I can tell you House Republicans do. We have obligations. We have things that we can and should do around the world, but we have to take care of our own house first. And as long as the border is wide open, we’re opening ourselves up for great threat. Again, it's just a matter of principle. If we're going to take care of a a border in Ukraine, we need to take care of America’s borders as well. I think there’s bipartisan support for that idea and we’re gonna get right to that."