Speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress Mike Johnson said he confirmed the unchanged position of conservative Republicans on foreign aid and strengthening the border with Mexico at a meeting of congressional leaders with President Joe Biden at the White House, The Hill said.

Johnson said that at this meeting, which included Senate Majority and Minority Leaders Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, as well as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, he was left alone with his ideas.

The publication says that in an interview with Fox News, the speaker called media reports that "ganging up on him" were correct.

"Well their reports are pretty accurate. They said that I was on an island by myself, and it was me versus everyone else in the room."

"I reminded the president, and all involved that the number one issue in America is that open border. The catastrophe that we have that President Biden himself designed that he caused and created and I told him, just as I have many times before, he must address it with executive authority. We can’t wait any longer," Johnson said in a statement to The Hill.

Republicans believe that the issue of allocating foreign aid can only be considered in conjunction with strengthening the southern border of the United States.

Johnson's comment came just hours after congressional leaders agreed to extend funding for the Departments of Agriculture, Justice, Commerce, Energy, Interior, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development until March 8 to avoid a government shutdown. Funding for the Pentagon, Labor, Health, Human Services and other departments has been extended until March 22. The previous extensions expired on March 1 and March 8, respectively.

The agreement to prevent a shutdown does not include funding for the border and foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.