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Mike Johnson: “House Democrats voted to shut the government down.”

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Floor Remarks Before Vote to Reopen the Government

Published November 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:09

I want to thank my friend Chairman Cole. He's done an extraordinary job in this process. And Mr. Speaker, we all know why we're here. House Democrats voted to shut the government down. It was 54 days ago when we had that vote September 19th. And since that time, Senate Democrats have voted 14 times to close the government. (00:09–00:12)

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“It was 54 days ago when we had that vote September 19th.”
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“We offered a clean, non partisan cross.”
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“We were honest and transparent with the American people from the very beginning.”
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“Every single day of the shutdown, we went out and looked right into the camera with a press conference, told the American people the simple…”
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