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Mike Johnson

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Mike Johnson is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Johnson has focused on various issues during his tenure, including fiscal responsibility and national security. He has been involved in legislative discussions surrounding war funding and government operations, emphasizing the need for appropriate timing and details in such matters.

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Feb 3, 2024

1.8 million illegals have been allowed into this country, welcomed into the country, sent around the nation into every community, communities near everyone listening and watching this morning.

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Feb 3, 2024

That's why this is such a failure of leadership.

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Feb 3, 2024

I have been saying what the requirements are to fix the problem. I don't care if they call the legislation H.R. 2 or not. What we're saying is you have to stem the flow.

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Feb 3, 2024

The reason the presidency is imperiled as your opening monologue stated, is because this is an abject failure of leadership. The American people are done with this. The border has to be secured.

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Feb 3, 2024

The president of the United States opened the border. We documented 64 specific actions that Joe Biden and his agencies have taken to create this catastrophe. They did it intentionally.

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Feb 3, 2024

We need to make absolutely clear to Iran that nothing is off the table. You know, we maintain peace through strength. That was the Reagan Doctrine. That's what President Trump continued. And that's what we have to do right now.

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Feb 3, 2024

Unfortunately, the administration waited for a week and telegraphed to the world, including to Iran, the nature of our response. The public hand-wringing and excessive signaling undercuts our ability to put a decisive end to the barrage of…

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Jan 31, 2024

We’re going to cut the fraud, waste and abuse and that’s where we’re going to get the savings to accomplish this mission.

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Jan 30, 2024

From what we've heard, this so-called deal does include that -- does not include, sorry, does not include from what we've heard, these transformational policy changes that are needed to actually stop the border catastrophe.

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Jan 29, 2024

We have a responsibility here to do our duty. Our duty is to do right by the American people to protect the people, the first and most important job of the federal government is protect its citizens.

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Jan 29, 2024

It seems the new authority to shut down the border would kick in only after as many as 5,000 illegal crossings happen each day. Why? Why would we do that? Illegal immigration is illegal, it is against the law.

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Jan 29, 2024

We saw this with their own two eyes. We talked to the people on the ground. We have an unmitigated crisis.

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Jan 23, 2024

It's now past-time for the Republican Party to unite around President Trump.

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Jan 7, 2024

We do have a responsibility, however, to investigate things that are untoward.

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Jan 7, 2024

They have to solve the crisis here. And throwing more money at the broken system will not do that.

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Jan 7, 2024

It's not sustainable. The Congress has a responsibility.

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Jan 7, 2024

We cannot continue to borrow money to spend it.

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Jan 7, 2024

President Biden was certified as the winner of the election. He took the oath of office. He's been the president for three years.

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Jan 7, 2024

I think he will be the nominee, and I think he's going to win the election and be the next president of the United States.

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Jan 7, 2024

There is a lot of smoke here. And Congress has the responsibility to find the fire if it exists, and that's what they're doing right now very, very carefully.

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Jan 7, 2024

The Constitution was violated in the run-up to the 2020 election, not – not always in bad faith, but in – but in the aftermath of COVID, many states changed their election laws in ways that violated that plain language.

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Jan 7, 2024

The House has – among the very heavy responsibilities that the House of Representatives holds, next to the declaration of war, impeachment is probably the heaviest power that we have.

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Jan 7, 2024

I think he's going to win the election and be the next president of the United States.

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