Twelve of those Republicans who voted for the Ukraine funding, coupled with $14.1 billion for Israel in its war with Hamas, previously suggested to the media that they would not support more funding for Ukraine until America's own southern border was secure.
"So in order for our national security interests to be served, we must have a four-prong approach here. Israel, the border, Ukraine, and Taiwan," Capito said in December 2023, for example, while Cassidy said, "We got to support our allies, but we got to secure our own border first and the Biden administration has not done so" the same month.
In December 2023, Ernst said ,"The issue is not Ukraine, and it's not President Zelensky. It's our own national security at our southern border" and Collins called reforms at the southern border an "Absolutely essential part" of any funding package that includes more money for Ukraine.
"If there isn't something reached in regard to our own border and we seem to have concern about the border of Israel and Gaza, Russia and Ukraine, we have to have the same consideration about our own border," Grassley said.
"So, we want to solve that to secure the border. I just saw the President of the United States say that we've got to secure the border. He's right. So, any effort that doesn't do that will be rejected by Republicans," Romney said.
"Republicans are not bluffing: There will be no agreement on further Ukraine aid without serious measures to secure America's own border. Our border is priority number one," Sullivan said.
McConnell, who has previously said that Ukraine is Republicans' number one priority, told the media in November 2023 that "Any serious supplemental legislation with a shot of passing the Senate in the coming weeks will have to take meaningful steps toward fixing the Biden administration's border crisis."
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