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Mike Johnson: “I served in the state legislature for about a year or so…”

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

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Speaker Johnson and Mrs. Kelly Johnson Join the Katie Miller Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 03:30

They range in ages now 24 to 15, just turned 15. And they're accustomed to this because we had been in Congress for six and a half years when I became speaker and I served in the state legislature for about a year or so before [becoming a member of Congress]. that. So they were sort of part of our lives. But I don't think any of us fully realized how much life was going to change in making the transition from sort of rank and file member to speaker. (03:30–03:34)

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