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Mike Johnson: “Democrats' counter proposal includes $1.5 trillion in new…”

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 03:32

All it does is keep the lights on at the current funding levels for a few extra weeks while we complete the normal appropriations process. Now compare that to the Democrats' counter proposal includes $1.5 trillion in new spending paid for by American taxpayers. And I want you to be specific. I want us to be specific. I want you to note what that counter proposal includes because we've not yet gone into all the details of it because it's large and very absurd. (03:32–03:39)

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