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Mike Johnson: “They want to give $200 billion to illegal aliens.”

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 31:01

Their position is this, Manu. Their position is they want to spend $1.5 trillion in your tax dollars to fund nonsense overseas. They want to give $200 billion to illegal aliens. We are not going to do that. We're not going to do it. The American people don't want us to do it. And they're using this for partisan political purposes to give themselves cover. (31:01–31:06)

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Claims Senate Democrats want to allocate $200 billion to illegal aliens.

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