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Mike Johnson: “The Biden administration and their Democrat enablers in…”

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at House Leadership Press Conference

Published December 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:24

But, you know, that's not how the economy works. It takes some time to implement new policies and root out the bad things. And that's what's happening. It is a fact that The Biden administration and their Democrat enablers in Congress wrecked the US Economy. That's what happened. And we had to take it over in January. This is why Democrats newfound claims about affordability are just patently affected. Okay, here are the facts. (03:24–03:31)

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Asserts that the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress damaged the US economy.

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“Over the last two years, this is investigators at the Government Accountability Office...submitted 24 fraudulent applications for the ACA…”
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“23 of the 24 applications were still approved.”
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“The GAO report also found that 29,000 Social Security numbers in 2023 and 68,000 in 2024 were used to receive more than one year's worth of…”
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“The GAO also found that more than 94 million was sent to insurers on behalf of dead people.”
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“Premiums have risen because they broke the system dramatically over that time. And some areas. Areas as much as 70% and some over 90%.”
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“The CBO said they've calculated it saved $185 billion for American taxpayers and reduced premiums we reformed it to strengthen Medicaid.”
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“Remember the COVID era subsidy only covers 7% of Americans and it was passed and extend it without any reforms at all.”
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“Our majority is narrow, but we were happy to add a new member this past week.”
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“We had one of the most consequential, most productive, most successful Congresses in the history of this institution, 119th Congress.”
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“The Republican majority has been working in lockstep with the Republican majority in the Senate.”
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“We inherited an absolute disaster from the Biden administration.”
Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at House Leadership Press Conference | Uploaded December 10, 2025 | 01:38-01:42
“Virtually every area of public policy was decimated [by the Biden administration].”
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“We inherited massive inflation from the previous administration.”
Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at House Leadership Press Conference | Uploaded December 10, 2025 | 02:10-02:15
“The Biden administration spent like drunken sailors and attempted to tax and regulate their way to prosperity.”
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“The result was inflation skyrocketed, gas prices reached record highs, homeownership declined, credit card debt increased.”
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“The president won the Electoral College soundly.”
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“They broke the American health care system. They caused premiums to skyrocket.”
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“Their proposal to extend [subsidies] for three years is devoid of any reforms to clamp down on the rampant waste, fraud and abuse.”
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“A new report by the Government Accountability Office...makes clear why it would be a dereliction of duty to just extend subsidies without…”
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“The Democrats broke America's health care system when they gave us, the Unaffordable Care Act, Obamacare 15 years ago.”
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“The House version of the bill, you may remember, included cost sharing reductions. We passed that out of the House, we sent it to the…”
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“This Congress has been the most productive and successful in the modern era. And I think you can make an argument one of the top five of all…”
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