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Mike Johnson: “Back on September 19th to remind you all again, we passed a…”

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 35 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 33:21

Maybe tying for the longest shutdown in history is something that they can claim as some sort of success, but it's sickening. It's sickening to see a political game being played. We're not playing a game here. We never were. Back on September 19th to remind you all again, we passed a clean, nonpartisan CR is 24 pages in length, had not a single Republican priority on it. Why? Because we did it in good faith, because we didn't want this eventuality to occur. We knew it would be too painful for the people. (33:21–33:30)

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Asserts that a clean, nonpartisan CR was passed on September 19th with no Republican priorities.

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