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Mike Johnson: “They [Democrats] sued the USDA for asking them how many…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 01:09

They're for U.S. citizens only, law abiding citizens. This is the team. The Republicans will fix that and save those programs for the country. And the Democrats will continue to abuse it. They [Democrats] sued the USDA for asking them how many illegal aliens are on the programs in California, New York and these other states. They sued them. You need to, you need to take account of, of, of what people are doing here on in each party, the leaders and the President United States. (01:09–36:20)

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Asserts that Democrats sued the USDA for inquiring about the number of illegal aliens on programs in certain states.

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