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Mike Johnson: “We strengthened oversight and accountability for Medicaid…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at House Republican Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 05:14

But just remember what we've already done in the working families tax cut, just in the big beautiful bill alone, we implemented new measures to prevent illegal aliens from receiving federal benefits because guess what, that's against the law. We strengthened oversight and accountability for Medicaid and SNAP. two federal programs that were just rife with unchecked fraud. We also ensured in the big beautiful bill the working families tax cut. Medicaid rolls were cleared of ineligible recipients faster and more frequently. (05:14–05:18)

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