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Mike Johnson: “There is no daylight between the House Republicans, the…”

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Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper

Published July 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:23

We're going to squeeze in a quick break and we'll be right back. I'm for transparency. We should put everything out there and let the people decide it. There is no daylight between the House Republicans, the House and the president on maximum transparency. He has said that he wants all the credible files related to Epstein to be released. That's House Speaker Mike Johnson, not Long ago, calling for more transparency from the Trump administration on the Epstein files. (08:23–08:30)

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“It's only twice in the last 90 years that a sitting president has picked up seats for his party in that first election cycle.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 02:00-02:06
“We've got the illegal aliens out of Medicaid. That's 1.4 million people.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 04:07-04:11
“About 1.2 are people that were receiving Medicaid from multiple states at the same time.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 04:11-04:16
“There's a big fund, a $50 billion fund for the rural hospitals and underserved hospitals.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 04:45-04:51
“Redistricting is the responsibility and prerogative of the states.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 00:32-00:36
“California, by my understanding, they have to amend their constitution to redistrict again.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 00:44-00:49
“We have a solid hard working Republican majority in the House right now and the Senate.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 01:46-01:52
“The Urban League... said 100,000 plus people are going to lose Medicaid because of the work requirements.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 03:20-03:27
“That's about 1.7 million people you're talking about or about 4.7 million people in fact.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 04:01-04:07
“We did not cut Medicaid and we did not cut the funding for the rural hospitals.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 04:38-04:44
“There was a poll... the Harvard Harris poll... 17 out of the 21 had majority support.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 06:23-06:35
“The IDF under Israel, of course, has opened new channels for food aid to go into Gaza and we've set up new mechanisms.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 07:44-07:53
“The US Is going to work with our partners and allies around the world to make sure that happens.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 07:52-07:57
“He has said that he wants all the credible files related to Epstein to be released.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 08:29-08:34
“There is a resolution that's out there that was passed by the House of Republicans on the Rules Committee.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 10:14-10:20
“It is carefully drafted, it protects the victims and it has disclosure requirement within a 30 day window or shorter time period.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 10:25-10:33
“The discharge petition was brought in a way that was, in my view, just a little bit haphazard.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 10:36-10:42
“They didn't have lawyers drafted. I don't think they used the Legislative Council to do it.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 10:42-10:47
“We have to make sure that while we're pushing all the credible evidence out and information to the people so they can draw their own…”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 10:59-11:08
“I want everything to come out about the Epstein evils that is possible to be released.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 12:37-12:43
“We have to do it in a responsible manner.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 12:52-12:55
“I'm pushing for, aggressively for the full release of everything that is possible.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 13:12-13:16
“By the way, so is the president. He has said the same thing.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 13:16-13:19
“The policies that were pursued in California [regarding wildfires] is very different than the things that happen in Louisiana with the…”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 14:11-14:18
“This is not dereliction of duty in Louisiana, it is in California because they forced these radical leftist policies and bad governance.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 14:17-14:27
“The natural occurrence of a wildfire, the damage was exacerbated exponentially [in California].”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 14:17-14:34
“After hurricanes in Louisiana, the big events that we've had over the years, there's often strings attached to federal aid.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 14:51-14:57
“If you live on the coast, you got to rebuild at a higher elevation. You have to put your house up on stilts if you're on the coast.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 14:56-15:05
“We're being consistent with public policy. We're being good stewards of federal taxpayer dollars.”
Speaker Johnson joins The Lead with Jake Tapper | Uploaded July 30, 2025 | 15:08-15:13