House Speaker Johnson Insists Ukraine Aid Package Include U.S. Border Measures

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) said Monday he was sticking to his position that any package delivering aid to Kyiv would have to include strict new border-security measures, underscoring the stalemate gripping Congress on the eve of a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 

The new House speaker is scheduled to meet with Zelensky on Tuesday as part of a push by Ukraine’s president for continued military aid. Republicans and Democrats have been at odds over the national-security package for months, as a rising isolationist and America First wing of the Republican Party gains traction and as public support for a war now almost two years old starts to wane.