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Mike Johnson: “This clean CR contains no poison pill riders, no. No policy…”

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

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Mike Johnson Confident ahead of House Vote on Spending Bill

Published | Video Starts at 05:35

You know, cutting Medicaid, cutting Medicare, threatening Social Security, cutting veteran benefits. It's all a lie. You can all read the bills. 99 pages, This clean CR contains no poison pill riders, no. No policy riders there at all. No cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security. No cuts to veterans benefits. 0. In fact, as was noted, we plus up the accounts for veterans. And respectfully, I'm just going to say this to every reporter in the room, that if you're … (05:35–05:49)

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Asserts that the continuing resolution contains no policy riders or cuts to major social programs.

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