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Mike Johnson: “With the high national debt, we're open to that. But the…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at House Leadership Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 07:02

We just have to think responsibly how to spend less money than we did last year. And if they're willing to do that and it's incumbent upon all of us to do it. With the high national debt, we're open to that. But the ultimate question of whether there's going to be a government shutdown at the end of the month is going to be up to congressional Democrats, and that's just the way it is. (07:02–07:13)

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