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Speaker Johnson: Polls, Electoral Results Confirm That Democrats Are Not Proud to be Americans

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WASHINGTON — This morning, at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson addressed the New York primary elections and the socialist takeover of the Democrat Party. Speaker Johnson also addressed Republican efforts to advance a third reconciliation bill to continue lowering costs for working families. “These radical candidates are self-described,…

Speaker Johnson Hosts Unveiling of Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule

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WASHINGTON — Today, Speaker Johnson hosted the unveiling of the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence, which will be sealed for 250 years until America’s quincentennial on July 4, 2276. Speaker Johnson was joined at the unveiling ceremony by Leader Jeffries, Senator Shaheen, Senator Capito, Senator Padilla,…

House, Senate Pass Bipartisan Housing Affordability Legislation to Help Restore American Dream for Working Families

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WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson issued the following statement after the House passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. This legislation now heads to President Trump to be signed into law. “With final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Congress is paving a path back to homeownership for American families who have been locked out for far too long. This transformational…

Speaker Johnson: Congressional Democrats Are Constantly on the Wrong Side of 90/10 Issues

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WASHINGTON — Last night, Speaker Johnson joined Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy on Fox News to discuss Democrats’ opposition to commonsense election security measures like voter ID and citizenship verification. Speaker Johnson also addressed the Democrats’ ongoing blockade of FISA Section 702 and Republican priorities for the balance of the 119th Congress. “All that bill does is…

Speaker Johnson: Once Again, the Democrats are Willing to Jeopardize the Safety and the Security of the American People

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WASHINGTON — This morning, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks after House Democrats overwhelmingly voted against a clean, three-week extension of FISA Section 702, a critical national security tool that protects Americans against foreign terror attacks, used solely to spy on foreign adversaries in foreign territories. FISA 702 authorities are responsible for nearly two-thirds of the…

Republicans Pass Legislation to End Democrat Shutdown and Fully Fund Border Security and Immigration Enforcement

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WASHINGTON —  Today, Speaker Johnson released the following statement after House Republicans successfully ended the Democrat shutdown and fully funded border security operations and immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Trump’s term. “With today’s vote, House and Senate Republicans have officially ended the third Democrat government shutdown of this…

House GOP Leadership, Angel Families Celebrate Passage of the Secure America Act

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WASHINGTON — This evening, House GOP Leadership hosted a press conference following passage of the Secure America Act – legislation that will fund immigration enforcement and border security efforts for the remainder of President Trump’s term in office. This legislation now heads to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law. House GOP Leaders were joined at the press conference by…

Democrats Lie, Numbers Don’t: The Working Families Tax Cuts Benefits Hardworking American Families, Not Billionaires

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WASHINGTON — According to a new analysis from the U.S. Treasury Department, American families and American workers benefitted the most from Republicans’ Working Families Tax Cuts. Republicans wrote this legislation for lower-and middle-class earners, the men and women who get up and start working before the sun rises and go home well after it sets, and this analysis proves those efforts…

Speaker Johnson Honors Departing Chief of Staff Hayden Haynes

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WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson delivered a tribute on the House Floor today in honor of Hayden Haynes, who has served as Speaker Johnson’s Chief of Staff during his entire tenure in Congress. “Even before the Speakership, before the Cannon office that was split in the middle by a women’s restroom, before the apartment campaign office above the radio station, it was Hayden who built this…

Speaker Johnson: If Democrats Actually Cared About Affordability, They Would Vote to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Government

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WASHINGTON — This morning, at the House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson highlighted tax data that definitively shows the Working Families Tax Cuts delivers the largest share of tax relief to American families and workers – as Republicans said all along. Speaker Johnson also highlighted House Republican efforts to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in state and…