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Mike Johnson: “The CR would have kept all this funded, and they chose not…”

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 20:13

And they're using the people as pawns in this game. That underlying fund that the secretary just addressed was unfunded by the Democrats themselves when they voted against the criminal. The CR would have kept all this funded, and they chose not to do it. Not once, not twice. 13 times in the Senate, once in the House. 14 overall. I sure you saw President Trump's truth last night, suggesting that it's time for Senate Republicans to blow up the filibuster in order to get the continuing resolution passed. (20:13–20:23)

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Asserts that Democrats voted against the continuing resolution 14 times, which would have kept funding.

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