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Mike Johnson: “We are freezing funding. This is a year over year decrease…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins The Ben Shapiro Show.

Published | Video Starts at 00:59

We plussed up defense spending and we reduced non defense spending in small amounts. But it was important. That's exactly what the Trump administration needed to give them flexibility to do what they need to do. We are freezing funding. This is a year over year decrease in funding. Ben. And that's the first time anybody can remember that that's happened. So, you know, I keep making the analogy. We have an aircraft carrier. That's what the federal budget is. (00:59–01:05)

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Asserts that the current budget represents a year-over-year decrease in funding.

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