WASHINGTON — On Day 34 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson hosted a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership to dismantle Congressional Democrats’ most flagrant lies about their government shutdown. Speaker Johnson also addressed Democrats fear of the Far-Left radicals in their own party. “What is outrageous to us is that they have gone onto the Senate floor and they have voted no. Th... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Read “Travel Industry Sounds Alarm Over Government Shutdown,” in today’s Wall Street Journal: Hundreds of travel businesses, including casinos, hotels and convention bureaus, are asking Congress to end the monthlong government shutdown by immediately passing a straightforward spending bill, citing worries about the holiday travel season. The letter signed by nearly 500 companies and g... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Speaker Johnson joined The Will Cain Show on Fox News to discuss how Democrats cynically treat their government shutdown as a game to win or lose, while millions of low-income American families prepare to miss meals and federal workers are showing up to work each day without pay. Watch Speaker Johnson’s full interview here. On the mainstream media running cover for Con... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Day 33 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson joined Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday to discuss how, despite the real pain they have caused for working families around the country, Democrats shamefully continue to treat the government shutdown as “leverage.” “This is not about winning a political contest here. Real people are losing; the American people are hurting,” Speaker Jo... Read More »
WASHINGTON — As the Democrat Shutdown ends its first full month and November 1 approaches, the real-world consequences are mounting. Important programs that millions of low-income parents, children, and seniors depend on — from grocery assistance to early education — are on the verge of collapse. While House Republicans passed a clean, nonpartisan funding bill weeks ago to keep these benefits avai... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Day 31 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson hosted a press conference alongside U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to discuss how Senate Democrats have rejected every opportunity to fund SNAP ahead of the program running out of funding tomorrow. Speaker Johnson also offered his gratitude to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have shown up to work for a ... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Day 30 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside the House Republican delegation from New York and House GOP Leadership to discuss America’s largest city preparing to hand the reins of power to a Marxist mayor. Speaker Johnson also addressed how Democrats have wholly capitulated to the Far-Left base of their party. “Chuck Schumer is desperately try... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Today’s editorial from the Washington Post Editorial Board echoes what House and Senate Republicans have been saying for weeks: Democrats in Congress are holding the government hostage, and it must end immediately. “The right answer is to reopen the government with a clean funding bill, ideally for a full year, to get food stamps flowing and federal workers back in the office, and the... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Speaker Johnson appeared on CNN’s Inside Politics with Dana Bash and Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum to discuss how Congressional Democrats have had 14 opportunities to fully fund SNAP and WIC benefits for American families but have refused each opportunity and instead voted to keep the government closed. “There's a very important point that everyone needs to... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress have now voted 14 times to keep the government closed. Since the shutdown began, Democrats have cycled through excuses and lies — first claiming that they didn’t cause it, then it was about “health care,” then it was about “Trump.” But over time, they’ve admitted what this is really about: power and political leverage. Behind closed doors and in public interviews... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Day 29 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast and House GOP Leadership to provide another civics lesson to Democrats and media members who refuse to acknowledge that 60 votes are required to pass the clean CR in the U.S. Senate. Speaker Johnson also addressed Democrats abandoning unions despite... Read More »
WASHINGTON — A growing coalition of labor unions representing millions of American workers is calling on Senate Democrats to vote for the clean continuing resolution (CR) and end the Democrat Shutdown that has left federal employees unpaid, flights grounded, and commerce slowed across the country. Even organizations that have traditionally supported Democrat candidates are now breaking ranks — urg... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Day 28 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman August Pfluger, RSC members, and House GOP Leadership to discuss how Democrats are keeping the government closed out of fear of the Far-Left. Speaker Johnson also highlighted how House Republicans are in their districts helping their constituents navigate the... Read More »
WASHINGTON — As the Democrat Shutdown enters its fifth week, disruptions are spreading across America’s aviation system. Flights are delayed and tens of thousands of federal employees are working without pay. More than a month ago, House Republicans passed a clean, responsible continuing resolution to keep the government open and pay our air traffic controllers. But Democrats are repeatedly choosi... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Day 27 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler, House Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams, and House GOP Leadership to discuss Democrat Leadership openly embracing Marxism and the Far-Left radical wing of their party. Speaker Johnson also addressed the financial strain that the Democrat Shu... Read More »
