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Mike Johnson: “Yes. And I told Elon, and we've had delightful conversations…”

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

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Interview with Speaker Mike Johnson on the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' and Congressional Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 01:56

So it really is. Well, you use the term paradigm shift. That's not just fancy talk. There are people in place who are going to continue this effort, correct? Yes. And I told Elon, and we've had delightful conversations about this. I said, elon, you think of this as a data analyst and a scientist. I look at it as a constitutional law attorney and historian, a legislator. This is about more than saving money. We're going to restore the framer's original vision for how this was supposed to work. You're going to. You all are going to leave behind this new paradigm that will allow Congress to have actual oversight again at a real granular level where we can actually do line by line auditing of the government. (01:56–27:57)

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Asserts that the effort is about restoring the framers' original vision for government oversight.

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