On Sunday, March 31, Mike Johnson noted that the bill on aid to Ukraine, which the US House of Representatives failed to pass and went on recess, will be discussed after the representatives return, as the document may contain "some important innovations."
This is reported by The Hill.
The report states that Johnson, in an interview with "Sunday Night in America With Trey Gowdy," pointed to his difficult situation, but emphasized that throughout the current period of work he had been working on developing a package that he intends to put to a vote after the House of Representatives' recess.
"...we’ve been working to build that consensus. We’ve been talking to all the members especially now over the district work period. When we return after this work period, we’ll be moving a product, but it’s going to, I think, have some important innovations," he said.
The Hill notes that Johnson cited the possibility of granting Ukraine a loan as an example. He pointed out that this idea has been actively circulating, indicating that this is one way to "support Ukraine in a way that eases conservative concerns about providing additional aid."
The publication reports that Johnson also mentioned the REPO for Ukrainians Act. This gives the right to confiscate Russian sovereign assets frozen in the United States and transfer them to Ukraine for use in the war against Russia. Here is how the Speaker of the House of Representatives comments on this:
"...if we can use the seized assets of Russian oligarchs to allow the Ukrainians to fight them, that’s just pure poetry. Even President Trump has talked about the loan concept, where … we’re not just giving foreign aid. We’re setting it up in a relationship where they can provide it back to us when the time is right."
Earlier, we reported that Speaker Johnson is facing resignation.