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Mike Johnson: “Everybody will be back next week. We have the Jewish high…”

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Published October 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 12:45

Hakeem Jeffries has described it as they have been sent on vacation. Do you have any plans to bring them back anytime soon? Of course. Everybody will be back next week. We have the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur on Wednesday and Thursday. We were never intended or scheduled to be in session on those days. There's always honored holidays every year. So Friday would really be the only day to do any legislative business. (12:45–12:50)

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