'We are trying to change how Washington works,” the Louisiana Republican said.
“We are trying to change how Washington works,” the Louisiana Republican said.Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson defended his approach to redirect IRS funds to provide aid to Israel on Sunday, saying Republicans are “trying to be good stewards of the taxpayer’s resources.”
“Instead of printing new dollars or borrowing it from another nation to send over to fulfill our obligations and help our ally, we want to pay for it, what a concept, we are trying to change how Washington works,” Johnson told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.” House Republicans on Thursday passed a $14.5 billion package to provide military aid to Israel mostly on party lines, pulling from the IRS funding that was part of Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer previously called the plan
“We weighed priorities and said, it is more important to protect Israel than to hire more IRS agents,” Johnson said. Both Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell want the Israel aid incorporated in atie Ukraine aid to a border plan “When you couple Ukraine and the border that makes sense to people,” he said. “If we’re going to protect Ukraine’s border … we have to take care of our own border first.”
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