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Mike Johnson: “FEMA services...are being stalled in the middle of a…”

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

Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published October 3, 2025 | Video Starts at 20:37

Many of those programs are not being funded. We have troops and TSA agents and Border Patrol agents who are working without pay, protecting the country. And you have FEMA services...are being stalled in the middle of a hurricane season. because the Democrats want to play political games and try to obscure the real facts at issue. We challenge them. (20:37–20:43)

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Asserts that FEMA services are stalled during hurricane season.

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