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Mike Johnson: “We plussed up defense spending and we reduced non-defense…”

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 00:47

When the Republican Party sticks together, we can get big things done. And this is a big thing. Look, we funded the government. It's a relatively clean cr, except that it has a couple of innovations. 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. (00:47–00:55)

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Asserts that defense spending was increased and non-defense spending was decreased in the continuing resolution.

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