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Mike Johnson: “We have never been in favor of breaking the bill up.”

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

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks to Press After House Vote to Fund Department of Homeland Security

Published | Video Starts at 04:12

Does that mean that you're not in favor of breaking the DHS funding bill apart? Just funding tsa, just funding fema, having individual votes on each section? We have never been in favor of breaking the bill up. Why? Because it's One of the 12 separate appropriations bills that is the most basic function of Congress to fund the government. And we did it in a bipartisan, bicameral manner. (04:12–04:15)

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