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Mike Johnson: “He [Chuck Schumer] wants to cut the big fund of $50 billion…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins CNN's The Source with Kaitlan Collins

Published | Video Starts at 01:02

Because we won't agree to return to restore health care to illegal aliens. Because we won't agree to give a half a billion dollars back to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He [Chuck Schumer] wants to cut the big fund of $50 billion that we set aside to support and prop up rural hospitals in America. because we won't agree to those partisan demands. And one and a half trillion dollars in new spending on a seven week stopgap funding measure. He's, he's decided to shut the government down. (01:02–01:10)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer wants to cut a $50 billion fund for rural hospitals.

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