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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown

Published November 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 38:28

That's the story. And I don't know why there's any confusion about this at all. They're going to do it again today. My prediction is the Democrats are going to vote for the 15th time to shut the government down. and they're going to look down their noses at the people who are struggling, who suffering, can't put food on the table, who can't pay their, their bills because they're playing games over here. (38:28–38:33)

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Predicts that Democrats will vote again to keep the government shut down.

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“It's now tied for the longest shutdown in U.S. history.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 00:50-00:50
“We passed the working families tax cut, which is the largest middle class tax cut in American history.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 01:27-01:34
“Republicans have welcomed record numbers of Hispanic and Latino voters, black and African American voters, Jewish voters, union workers…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 06:14-06:22
“The contingency fund only has roughly 5 billion and it costs roughly 9 billion for a month of SNAP benefits.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 37:45-37:52
“This is now day 35 of the Democrat shutdown.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 00:40-00:44
“We signed into law as part of that, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, big savings for those on Social Security.”
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“We strengthened Medicaid with popular common sense reforms.”
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“We have reduced premiums.”
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“We restored American energy dominance.”
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“We got the border crisis solved.”
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“The Republicans have been the only ones working in good faith to end the shutdown and get everyone paid and get the services flowing again.”
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“We have voted that way 14 times.”
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“The only thing that [the Democratic] party has accomplished for the country is to shut down the federal government.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 02:33-02:40
“The Schumer shutdown was never about health care or any other policy.”
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“The Democrats fear political retribution from the far left activists in their party more than they fear the consequences of keeping the…”
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“These organizations have traditionally backed the Democrats for decades.”
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“Working class voters perceive Democrats to be woke, weak and out of touch.”
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“Democrats made the deliberate choice to shut down the government.”
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“Only Democrats can put an end to this madness by making a deliberate choice now to reopen the government.”
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“I do not expect that Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries will ever vote to reopen the government.”
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“This historic administration has accomplished more in the first nine, 10 months of an administration or Congress than arguably any in…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 33:10-33:18
“Back on September 19th to remind you all again, we passed a clean, nonpartisan CR is 24 pages in length, had not a single Republican…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 33:21-33:30
“The bipartisan arrangement that was made between Democrats and Republicans in the House and the Senate in consultation with the Senate…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 34:00-34:13
“I am not a fan of extending it to December because, let's be frank, a lot of people around here have PTSD about Christmas omnibus spending…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 34:29-34:39
“I think putting it into January makes sense, but we've got to obviously build consensus around that.”
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“The White House has bent over backwards as we've recounted here every morning to make sure that Americans pain is mitigated as much as…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 36:57-37:05
“The WIC funding for Women, Infants and Children and SNAP came to a legal crossroads because the legal analysis said that you could not use…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 37:08-37:20
“The President is trying to get the government open again and the Republicans have voted 14 times to do it and the Democrats have voted 14…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded November 4, 2025 | 38:11-38:22