In April 2022, he voted for The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, a bill that had an aim of easing the process for the U.S. to send military aid to Ukraine. The bill was later signed by President Biden and became law.
However, in recent times, he has taken a skeptical stance toward aid for Ukraine. He voted against two different appropriations bills that provided aid to Ukraine in 2022 and just last month.
“American taxpayers have sent over $100 billion in aid to Ukraine in the last year,” Johnson said in an X post in February. “They deserve to know if the Ukrainian government is being entirely forthcoming and transparent about the use of this massive sum of taxpayer resources.”
