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Mike Johnson: “We got the border secured.”

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

Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks After Vote to Open Government

Published November 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:09

You can make an argument that it's the most productive season for a new Congress and a new presidency, a new administration, at least in the modern era, maybe of all time, just in this short amount of months. We got the border secured. We fulfilled that promise. We are working on the crime crisis around the country. We have new trade agreements. We have a return to American energy dominance. (03:09–03:13)

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