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Mike Johnson: “We just, in the big beautiful bill gave a big tranche of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 17:19

I would, I would concede that it's something that we have to do a lot of education on to remind people of what is happening and why and how it's being done. We just, in the big beautiful bill gave a big tranche of funds to border security, one of the biggest investments in generations. because desperate times call for desperate measures. And that's what was needed. That's what the American people demanded. (17:19–17:29)

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Asserts that the bill included one of the largest investments in border security in generations.

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