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Mike Johnson: “Chuck Schumer decided to turn off the streams of federal…”

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

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Mike Johnson addresses military pay, layoffs during government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 06:08

So, Speaker Johnson, these are programs that may impact real Americans. Are you comfortable with the president cutting them along purely partisan lines? The president has a responsibility to prioritize triage, effectively, federal spending. Chuck Schumer decided to turn off the streams of federal funding. So now the administration has to look at that with their own lens to determine which services, policies and personnel are essential and which are not. They have no choice in the matter. (06:08–06:14)

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