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

Published October 31, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:56

If you haven't seen that, but it reads in part just one line out of that. I would like to stand up here and read you the whole thing. The Washington Post... said, quote, Democrats openly acknowledge that they refused to do this, reopen the government because it would mean giving up their leverage. If they persist, it will mean families start to go hungry. Now look, this isn't some novel idea. (05:56–06:17)

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Asserts that The Washington Post reported Democrats refuse to reopen the government to maintain leverage.

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“It's about one in eight people in this country who rely upon [SNAP benefits] to literally put food on their table.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 02:48-02:55
“42 million Americans are sent to miss meals starting tomorrow.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 10:28-10:33
“This is day 31 of the Democrat shutdown.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 00:02-00:05
“Millions of American families are going to feel real hardship because of the SNAP benefits drying up.”
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“Federal workers have shown up for a month straight not knowing when or if their next paycheck will be delivered.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 00:58-01:07
“They [Democrats] sued the USDA for asking them how many illegal aliens are on the programs in California, New York and these other states.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 01:09-36:20
“The blame for this lies 100% with the senators sitting over there on the Democrat Party.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 02:55-03:03
“The administration has done all it can to keep this program afloat, but the limits have been reached here.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 03:36-03:43
“The Senate is the only place where this can end.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 03:58-04:01
“Republicans, remember the ones who have voted 14 times for the SNAP benefits to flow.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 04:16-04:22
“Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania... accused his own party of, quote, playing chicken with the food security of 42 million Americans.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 05:12-05:23
“Chuck Schumer is the actual architect [of] the shutdown.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 07:35-07:44
“Democrats voting no on government funding now 14 different times.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 09:33-09:47
“Democrats have all collectively voted 14 times over the last several weeks to reject the Clean continuing resolution to fund the government.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 09:39-09:47
“Republicans have done our part to end the government [shutdown].”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 09:58-10:02
“The Democrats are lying about [the contingency fund].”
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“Some of the ones who are out saying it are actually attorneys.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 19:26-19:30
“They didn't file a lawsuit you saw to try to do it.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 19:31-19:35
“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…”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 20:13-20:23
“Democrats would pack the Supreme Court, make Puerto Rico and D.C. states, and ban firearms.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 21:29-21:37
“We have put zero Republican policy priorities on the CR. It is Biden level policies and spending.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 22:06-22:15
“Republicans have voted 14 times to open the government.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 26:43-26:48
“We need 60 votes in the Senate. We only have 53 Republicans.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 27:02-27:07
“The funds have run out because the Democrats are playing games.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 27:25-27:28
“The reason we're in this mess is because [Democrats] voted against the clean CR.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 28:09-28:14
“The CR was merely to buy us seven additional weeks to finish the funding of the government.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 28:15-28:20
“We had a conference committee set to go on three approach bills that had passed out of the House.”
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“Chuck Schumer and the leadership are holding that process up.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 28:46-28:50
“The next packages of funding bills are being prepared.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 29:26-29:30
“We want to get all 12 appropriations bills done because we're returning to Regular order.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 29:32-29:37
“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.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 30:24-30:31
“SNAP and Medicaid and these other programs were intended to be a temporary safety net.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 34:28-34:36
“There are some big government advocates like the Marxists, like the socialists who want the government to take over everything.”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 34:38-34:45
“We eliminated the fraud, waste and abuse [in Medicaid].”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 35:28-35:36
“We got able-bodied young men without dependents off the program [Medicaid].”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 35:35-35:39
“Illegal aliens were never intended to be on any of these programs [Medicaid and similar programs].”
Speaker Johnson and Secretary Rollins Give Remarks on Day 31 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 31, 2025 | 35:55-36:01
“The Democrats will continue to abuse [the programs].”
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