Speaker Johnson says House will move on Ukraine aid when Congress is back in DC

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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., suggested the House of Representatives will act in the coming weeks to get more funding to Ukraine.

"When we return after this period, we'll be moving a product. But it's going to, I think, have some important innovations," Johnson told Fox News’ "Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy."

Both the House and Senate are currently on the second week of a two-week recess, when lawmakers are working in their home districts. The House is back on Tuesday, April 9.

Johnson said he has been "working to build consensus" on a supplemental national security and foreign aid package, though he signaled it would look different from prior attempts. He said the House would "be moving it right after the district work period."

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It comes after Republicans killed a $118 billion package with aid for Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel and the U.S. border earlier this year, arguing it did not go far enough to tackle the ongoing border crisis. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and President Biden have been pressuring Johnson to take up a slimmer $95 billion package without border measures.

"We've been trying to use that as the only leverage we have to force change on the border. We're