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Mike Johnson: “Congress has not done the appropriations process…”

Name: Speaker Johnson Gives Press Conference Remarks on Day 2 of Government Shutdown
Uploaded: 2025-10-02T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 12 s
Description: Speaker Johnson Gives Press Conference Remarks on Day 2 of Government Shutdown

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

Now why did we do that? For a refresher for everyone. We have been working very hard, this leadership team, to get Congress working again. Congress has not done the appropriations process appropriately for many years now. And so we have forced the muscle memory back. Our appropriators have done a great job in bipartisan fashion, by the way, and they worked very hard and passed 12 separate appropriations bills through the committee as is supposed to be done. (00:35–00:40)

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