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Mike Johnson: “Included in the 1.5 trillion [Democrats] want to spend is…”

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

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 37 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 10:54

That is taxpayer dollars. That's your money that they want to spend to reopen the government. That's their counter proposal. That's why we're not having a negotiation with them. It's ridiculous. Included in the 1.5 trillion [Democrats] want to spend is $200 billion...to restore health care benefits to illegal aliens. That is taxpayer money that they want to spend. For that they want to send billions of dollars back overseas for social programs in foreign countries. We're not doing that. (10:54–11:04)

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Asserts that Democrats' proposal includes $200 billion for health care benefits to illegal aliens.

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