•      "These bills were brought forward under a contrived process to achieve a pre-determined outcome — a $100 billion, unpaid-for foreign aid package while failing to secure the southern border. 

For months, House Republicans — specifically, Speaker Mike Johnson — have been unequivocal that we would not send billions in additional aid to Ukraine without securing our own border first.  This package represents a complete reversal of a position that previously unified the Republican conference, despite the clear and present danger the southern border represents to U.S. national security…With respect to Ukraine, I support its effort to defeat Putin but cannot support sending $60 billion in additional unpaid-for funding, much of which fails to go to lethal aid, without both a clear mission and the policy changes necessary to force the securing of our own border.  The Biden administration has still failed to outline a clear mission for U.S. involvement in Ukraine, despite having sent the country $113 billion previously, from which only $47 billion went to lethal aid, and another supplemental funding request is all but inevitable." Source: Rep. Chip Roy (Republican, Texas, District 21)

•      "President Biden wants the world to believe that the biggest obstacle facing Ukraine is Republicans and our lack of commitment to the global community. This is wrong.

Ukraine’s challenge is not the G.O.P.; it’s math. Ukraine needs more soldiers than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more matériel than the United States can provide. This reality must inform any future Ukraine policy, from further congressional aid to the diplomatic course set by the president. The Biden administration has applied increasing pressure on Republicans to pass a supplemental aid package of more than $60 billion to Ukraine. I voted against this package in the Senate and remain opposed to virtually any proposal for the United States to continue funding this war. Mr. Biden has failed to articulate even basic facts about what Ukraine needs and how this aid will change the reality on the ground." Source: Sen. J.D. Vance (Republican, Ohio)

•      "Vladimir Putin is an evil war criminal. Make no mistake about it. We all agree on that. Vladimir Putin is an evil war criminal. He did not have to invade Ukraine. There's no justification for what he did, but he did it. We are now about two years into this bloodbath and now we're in a bloody stalemate. And the reality that I think a lot of my colleagues are supporting this aid package are ignoring is that Vladimir Putin will not lose this war. Losing the war is existential for Vladimir Putin…If you're really concerned about the Ukrainian people, well, you ought to be concerned about what is happening to their country. It's hard to get the exact statistics, but I've got something like 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action, 10,000-40,000 civilians, 100,000-120,000 Ukrainians wounded. I've heard other estimates far higher than that. Russia's got about 120,000 soldiers killed in action, wounded almost 200,000. This is a bloody stalemate. I've seen some estimates of the destruction of Ukraine approaching, if not surpassing, $1 trillion. So, again, the awful reality that we need to face if we're really going to vote to add $60 billion of fuel to the fire of a bloody stalemate is what the result of that is going to be." Source: Sen. Ron Johnson (Republican, Wisconsin)