Mike Johnson

I want to get this vote done by Thursday.

We've got to get this done and get it to the president's desk by that big celebration on Independence Day.

The package that we send over there will be one that was very carefully negotiated and delicately balanced.

This is a consensus-building operation, it's been a bottom-up process.

There's a lot more work to do.

Talks have gone great

I think he'll be − I hope he'll be fairly evaluated on his own merits.

He is as directly engaged and active as any vice president that I can remember.

Everything is on the table.

Everything is on the table.

I am convinced that we’ll be able to adjust the dial, so to speak, so that we can come to an agreement that will meet the criteria that everybody has and that we can move this thing forward.

It is large, it is comprehensive, and it deals with reconciling the budget in a way that will be fiscally responsible.

I'm absolutely confident we're going to be able to work out a compromise that everybody can live with.

To the country, not Trump personally.

President Trump has nothing to hide.

It is large, it is comprehensive, and it deals with reconciling the budget in a way that will be fiscally responsible.

I'm absolutely confident we're going to be able to work out a compromise that everybody can live with.

It will probably be tomorrow, only because we need the joint tax people, the number crunchers, to do all of that work tonight.

Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste and abuse.

We can’t be caught flat-footed on this.

That’s a big pressure point, and we don’t know exactly when that X date will fall.

We have to reduce spending. I mean, it should even be a partisan proposition — it's something every American has to support.

I'm anxiously awaiting a rescissions package.

I think the lower chamber can complete its work on the budget resolution by Memorial Day.

We want to make sure that most of the constituents, that the large share, the vast majority of the constituents of the affected districts, are covered by that.