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Mike Johnson: “The CR was merely to buy us seven additional weeks to finish…”

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

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Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 28:15

Look, the whole point of this is very important reminder. The reason we're in this mess is because they, they voted against the clean cr. What was the point of the criminal. The CR was merely to buy us seven additional weeks to finish the funding of the government. The appropriations process, we were working on that in bipartisan fashion and bicameral fashion. As you know, we had a conference committee set to go on three approach bills that had passed out of the House. (28:15–28:20)

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Asserts that the Continuing Resolution was intended to extend government funding for seven weeks.

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