Mike Johnson: “The President certainly understands the importance of…”

“I've spent six hours in the Oval Office in the, just in the last few days, I think four hours on Thursday, over two hours yesterday. We talked about all this in great length. The President certainly understands the importance of affordable housing. As he's noted yesterday, he knows as much about housing as anybody because that in many respects was part of his portfolio and career.” (42:54–42:59)

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