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Mike Johnson: “As soon as Chuck Schumer opens the government, as soon as…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 14 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 35:35

She deserved to have a full house of members and go down and do the speech and have her family and friends in the balcony. That hasn't been scheduled because we haven't had that session yet. As soon as Chuck Schumer opens the government, as soon as Mark Kelly and Senator Gallegos, the two senators from Arizona, Ms. Grahava's state, will go and join with three others and open the government. We're happy. We'll have that as soon as we get back to business. But we have to get back to business. They have to open the government. (35:35–35:48)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer, Mark Kelly, and Senator Gallegos need to act to open the government.

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