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Mike Johnson: “The first time in U.S. history that any party has had the…”

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 30:24

There's too many people's lives and health and hunger at stake. This is not a game. They've got to stop playing games. Remember this too. The first time in U.S. history that any party has had the audacity to do what the Democrats and the Senate are doing right now. No one ever before has shut the government down over a clean, nonpartisan CR because they they it would have been unthinkable until now. And you need to remind them of that. (30:24–30:31)

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Asserts that it is unprecedented for a party to shut down the government over a clean CR.

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