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Mike Johnson: “They do not want to fund the agencies whose job it is to…”

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

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Speaker Mike Johnson applauds vote as House rejects war powers resolution

Published | Video Starts at 00:23

But also the real big headline here is that every Democrat except four in the House just voted to keep the Department of Homeland Security unfunded. They do not want to fund the agencies whose job it is to keep Americans safe at this time of this heightened threat environment. that we're all living in. And you're talking about FEMA because of the natural disasters and storms that we're dealing with. You're talking about Secret Service, you're talking about the Coast Guard, and of course, tsa. (00:23–00:31)

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Asserts that Democrats do not want to fund agencies responsible for American safety during a heightened threat environment.

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