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Mike Johnson: “We sent a bill over to the Senate that doesn't resolve all…”

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 15 of Government Shutdown

Published October 15, 2025 | Video Starts at 40:06

… we passed, September 19th was a date that was determined by Republicans and Democrats in the House. The, the appropriators determined together that that should be the length of the … We sent a bill over to the Senate that doesn't resolve all of our differences. … no. Why? Because their leadership, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer told them they had to. So I think appropriators want to get back to work. I think, I know every House Republican does. (40:06–40:13)

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Asserts that the House sent a bill to the Senate that does not resolve all differences.

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“1.3 million active duty service members would be missing a paycheck [without President Trump's intervention].”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 15 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 00:28-00:40
“Of the 10 states with the largest military populations, six are represented each by two Democrats in the Senate who are withholding the…”
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“Over one third of all men and women who serve in uniform right now, over one third of them live paycheck to paycheck.”
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“Almost zero illegal crossings in the last four months.”
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“Chuck Schumer wants to defund our troops.”
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“Democrats in Congress have voted nine times to block the pay of troops and Capitol Police.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 15 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 01:49-01:58
“Democrats that were for and continue to be for defunding our police now want to defund our military troops by not paying them.”
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“Democrats have voted, counting the House and the Senate Democrats, they have voted to not pay the troops.”
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“Chuck Schumer is voting to deny them pay.”
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“Democrats continue to vote to keep the government closed.”
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“California is home to 157,000 active duty personnel, the most in the country.”
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“Democrats want to use [U.S. troops] as hostages to extort $1.5 trillion in new unserious partisan spending.”
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“Virginia is home to 119,000 active duty personnel, it is the second most in the country.”
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“Georgia is home to 65,000 active duty personnel, it's the sixth most in the country.”
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“The state of Washington is home to 57,000 active duty personnel, it is the seventh most in the country.”
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“Hawaii is home to 43,000 active duty personnel, it is the eighth most in the country.”
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“Colorado is home to 35,000 active duty personnel, the 10th most in the country.”
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“New York is home to 17,000 active duty personnel, the 17th most in the country.”
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“US Troops are going to risk missing a full paycheck at the end of this month [if the shutdown continues].”
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“Democrats say that even missed paychecks for U.S. troops won't be enough to end this shutdown.”
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“Republicans want to pay the troops and we have shown that with our actions and our votes now nine times.”
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“One and a half trillion dollars in new unrelated spending Chuck Schumer demanded.”
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“Chuck Schumer guts the $50 billion rural hospital fund to give taxpayer funded health benefits to illegals in his hostage demands.”
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“Chuck Schumer filed weeks ago. His demands that he said have to be met before he'll even open up the government again.”
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“Chuck Schumer is more afraid of the radical leftists in his own party than he is concerned about making sure that those families don't have…”
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“We have a House Ethics committee. If it warrants that, I'm sure they'll look into [the ethical violation].”
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“Corey Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his D.C. apartment.”
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“He was accused of stolen valor by the people that he claimed to have [saved].”
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“The record said that he did not save them.”
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“We've always stood with Capitol Police and law enforcement and we've shown that in word and deed.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 15 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 36:16-36:21
“No one on the Republican side is taking any pleasure in this [government shutdown] scenario.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 15 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 36:34-36:39
“We don't shut the government down, turn off the funding streams and then require all these cuts like this.”
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“They have to figure out in triage what are the most essential services, personnel policies and what are not.”
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“We prioritize troops and law enforcement.”
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“There were some unspent funds in effectively R and D accounts in defense.”
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“Our appropriators have been hard at work even during the shutdown.”
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“In the House we passed all 12 separate appropriations bills through Committee 3 off the floor.”
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“Democrats continued, led by Chuck Schumer to shut down the government and deny troop pay.”
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“The clean CR that we passed over to the Senate does not resolve those differences.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 15 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 39:47-40:00
“The appropriators determined together that [the CR] should be clean.”
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“Leader Thune is trying to advance the defense prose bill today.”
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“We're on a 48 hour return notice for House Republicans.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 15 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 41:02-41:07
“Democrats decided upon the end date, the seven weeks to go to November 21.”
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“Republicans who are ending fraud, waste and abuse in government and making government work more efficiently and effectively for the people.”
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“President Trump and the White House and his administration ending conflicts that are killing millions of people around the world.”
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