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WASHINGTON — This morning, following passage of House Republicans’ clean 6-month continuing resolution (CR), Speaker Johnson made appearances on Fox and Friends on Fox News and Squawk Box on CNBC.

Watch Speaker Johnson’s on Fox News here, on CNBC here

On House Republicans passing a clean, continuing resolution:

This was a big night in Congress last night. To get that done, we passed a clean, simple bill to keep the government funded for the rest of the year. And every Democrat, except for one, in spite of all their previous sayings about how disastrous it would be to shut the government down, they all voted to do exactly that. So now the ball is sent over to the Senate. And Chuck Schumer has a big decision to make. Is he going to cast a vote to keep the government open? Or is he going to be blamed for shutting it down? And, and that's clearly, very simply, what they have to decide. And I hope they do the right thing. Because government shutdowns, as they all said, they're on video and have said a thousand times, is harmful for everybody. We don't need that. 

On Senate Democrats deciding whether to shut down the government:

Chuck Schumer has to decide all that strategy and that math, but I think they need to put the partisan politics aside. This is not a win for the Trump administration, this is a win for the American people. When the government shuts down, you have government employees who are no longer paid, you have services that begin to lag. It brings great harm on the economy and the people. I mean, military servicemen and women won't be paid, TSA agents, you'll start to have long lines at the airports, I mean, border patrol agents, we have to keep the government operating, and Congress has a responsibility to do that. And Chuck Schumer has to weigh that today, and I hope he does the right thing. I hope they put partisan politics aside and do the right thing for the people. The House Democrats engaged in a shameful display of partisan politics and I think they're going to regret that vote. 

On the budget reconciliation timeline:

I've put it on a very aggressive timetable for the very important reason that we need to get this certainty as soon as possible. If you're a small business owner, for example, it's hard to plan a year out or two, to open up a new facility or add jobs or what have you, if you don't know what your tax rate's going to be. And if we don't extend the Trump-era tax cuts, small business owners taxes will go up to over 43 percent in many cases. So, we've got to make sure this is done and we've got to do it quickly. It's a lot to do in a short amount of time.

I put it on an aggressive timetable to try to get a vote on the one big, beautiful bill, the reconciliation package on the House floor before Easter. If we do that, you're, you're pushing it over to the Senate for them to act upon. It's conceivable you could get this to the President's desk by the end of April or early May, certainly before Memorial Day. To me, that must happen because we've got to get certainty. We have to allow the, the effects and the benefits of this bill to be seen and felt by everybody, from business owners to consumers and taxpayers all across the country. That will happen. 

On implementing DOGE savings:

What my friend Thomas Massie missed yesterday is that the vote was to allow this administration to continue their work, so that we can bring about all these big changes for the FY26 budget. That's the one we start immediately after FY25 is off the table. That's what everybody is excited about. So, what will happen is the Trump White House, the administration, will send to Congress a budget that requests to spend less money. Why? Because we're going to be able to incorporate all the savings that DOGE is uncovering and finding, all of the innovations that the Trump Administration and his extraordinary cabinet are bringing about to change the way the federal government works. This is the Super Bowl. This is the moment we've all been waiting for our entire careers. And finally, the stars have aligned so we can do that better. It's going to be great for the American people:  a more efficient, effective government that uses their precious resources, their taxes, in a more responsible way.

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