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Mike Johnson: “The storm knocked out almost all of their cell and Internet…”

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

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Remote Address by House Speaker at the ARC Conference on American Renewal and Global Leadership

Published | Video Starts at 12:53

When we arrived, we were met with what looked like a military grade aid station. It was so impressive. There were doctors and nurses and carpenters and chefs and scores of volunteers. The storm knocked out almost all of their cell and Internet service throughout the entire region. So I asked the pastor's wife at that church, how did all this come together? (12:53–12:59)

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Asserts that Hurricane Helene caused widespread communication outages.

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