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Mike Johnson: “Their counter proposal would reverse common sense reforms…”

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

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 14 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 03:51

I want us to be specific. I want you to note what that counter proposal includes because we've not yet gone into all the details of it because it's … Their counter proposal would reverse common sense reforms that Republicans made in the working families tax cut that keep illegal aliens off taxpayer funded health care. … of their counter proposal as we've been posting everywhere and it would. They would add the illegal aliens noncitizens back to taxpayer funded benefits. It would cost taxpayers nearly $200 billion. (03:51–04:01)

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Asserts that the Democrats' proposal would reverse tax cut reforms affecting illegal aliens' access to taxpayer-funded health care.

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