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Mike Johnson: “If your health insurance or your flood insurance is lapsed…”

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 07:34

But the harm that comes is from the people who need food assistance, medical assistance. FEMA won't be funded. By the way, we're in the middle of a hurricane season. If your health insurance or your flood insurance is lapsed, no new policies, no renewals, none of that can happen during a shutdown. It's real danger for real people. This is not a game. Yeah, well, the President has previously talked about eliminating FEMA potentially before this shutdown happened. But can I ask. (07:34–07:41)

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Asserts that no new or renewed health or flood insurance policies can occur during a shutdown.

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