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Mike Johnson: “Certainly if there's a newly, a new and provocative action…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Scott Wong for a Fireside Chat

Published | Video Starts at 10:05

… we were, frankly, Congress had not moved yet because we were allowing the administration the latitude they needed to have negotiations and try to end the war in Ukraine. But Certainly if there's a newly, a new and provocative action like [Russia providing intelligence to Iran], that would probably be something that would, the Congress would be very interested in acting upon. I think we have to make it so painful for Vladimir Putin that he finally puts down the weapons. And, and it may take some time yet for that to happen. (10:05–10:17)

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Asserts that Congress would likely act on new provocative actions by Russia.

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