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Mike Johnson: “The administration gets to decide who is deemed essential…”

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

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Speaker Mike Johnson live interview on The Moon Griffon Show.

Published | Video Starts at 03:45

Totally. And they don't want that at all. Is there any truth to that? Yeah, there is. I mean, The administration gets to decide who is deemed essential employees and who is not. And that might be a great benefit, as they've rightfully pointed out to the Doge effort to have a classification that way. I mean, I think. Look, 80, look 80, 80. (03:45–03:52)

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Asserts that the administration has the authority to determine which employees are essential during a government shutdown.

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