House Speaker Mike Johnson was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to talk about the Republican agenda in the House. He also criticized Democrats for their lack of vision and the wasted time during the recent government shutdown.
“The shutdown is over since the last time we talked, but now you have nine appropriations bills that have to get through the House and Senate to the President’s desk by January 31st,” Bream said.
“In this environment, how in the world do you get nine of the more complex bills done with 17 to 20 workdays?” Bream asked.
“The good news is our appropriators in the House and the Senate, in bipartisan fashion, have been working on appropriations bills, you know, the whole year, so they are virtually done,” Johnson said.
“There is a little disagreement between the Senate and the House versions of some of the bills,” Johnson said.
Speaker Johnson explained that even when Congress is not voting, they are still working behind the scenes to get the necessary work done.
“We can certainly get that done in the amount of time that’s still on the calendar. Just because we don’t have legislative voting days, it doesn’t mean Congress isn’t working,” Johnson explained.
“We are returning to regular order. The way this is supposed to work. You know, Congress hasn’t done this for many years,” Johnson said.
The Speaker also explained that during the shutdown, House members were able to spend more time in their districts, which gave them the opportunity to connect with their constituents.
“They had some of their best work of their careers during the shutdown because they were in their districts with their constituents helping them navigate through the chaos of the shutdown that the Democrats created,” Johnson said.
“The Democrats in Congress voted 16 times to keep the government closed to bring on the longest shutdown in US history,” Johnson continued.
“It was all for naught. They got nothing out of it,” Johnson said.
Johnson also put the blame on the Democrats for the problems in regard to healthcare. He reminded the viewers that the Democrats are the ones who widely supported Obamacare.
“The moral bankruptcy was the Democrats who wrecked American healthcare. Remember in 2010, they created the unaffordable care act. It did exactly the opposite of what they promised. Premiums have risen dramatically,” Johnson explained.
“The Democrats just want to subsidize the broken system. They want to spend taxpayer dollars and dump it onto the broken system,” Johnson continued.
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