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WASHINGTON — This morning, at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson celebrated the achievements of President Trump’s historic first 100 days in office and addressed Congressional Democrats’ recent political theatrics.

Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here

On President Trump’s First 100 Days:

President Trump has accomplished more in the first 100 days than most presidents do in their entire careers, their entire tenures. The Atlantic, right? I don't know if there's an Atlantic reporter here this morning, but they're not a fan of him, right? Yesterday, they described him this way. “He is the most consequential American leader of the 21st century.” And that's an understatement.

President Trump has,here's a list: removed men from women's sports, ended DEI in the federal government and the US military, expanded oil and gas extraction to lower prices, taken steps to end unfair trade practices, secured trillions of dollars in new investments in American manufacturing, deported criminal illegal aliens, stood up for religious liberty and rooted out anti-Christian bias, and combated virulent antisemitism on college campuses. The list goes on and on and on, and that's just barely scratching the surface.

On Promises Made, Promises Kept:

Nearly every public opinion survey found that voters in the last election were most concerned about two things: inflation and the wide open border and the crisis that it created. On just these two issues and in 100 days, legal crossings are at an all-time low and inflation has fallen rapidly. President Biden often said that he had exhausted his executive authority, he told me that we needed new laws. He told me this many times himself: we have to stop the border crisis, but Congress has to act. I pleaded with President Biden, do your job, use your executive authority. He claimed he didn't have it. But as President Trump has just demonstrated, all we needed was a new president. We needed real leadership. We didn't need new laws.

The Trump administration has stopped illegal border crossings with a 99.9% success rate. The border crisis is solved, more than 100,000 illegal aliens and gang members have been deported, and that makes Americans safer. They feel more secure again. Groups of migrants are actually stopping their journeys and they are turning around. You know why? Because we got a new sheriff in town due to President Trump's border policies. We now know again that deterrence works. On inflation, President Trump promised to rapidly drive down prices and make American goods affordable again. The Consumer Price Index beat expectations and actually dropped .1% in March. That is the first time that has happened since COVID. Inflation is cooling. Energy prices are down, as we all know, trillions of dollars in US investments have been secured by the Trump administration. And again, we're just getting started.

On Congressional Democrats political theatrics:

While we're working to build on President Trump's successes and codify his agenda into law, the Democrats just still don't get it. I mean, they just keep demonstrating they don't get it. It is more than 100 days into the 119th Congress, and the contrast could not be clearer. They don't have any message. They don't have a clear leader. They don't have a clear vision. They don't they don't know what to do. Their platform has been repudiated, and they're turning on themselves.

…In one of the most baffling political displays that we've ever seen, Congressional Democrats used their district work period to fly to El Salvador and provide comfort to a wife beating MS-13 gang member who entered the US illegally. I mean, it was a shameful performance, and I hope their constituents do not forget it. We won't. And we reflect on the first 100 days the Trump administration, it's very clear which party is fighting for the American people, for a stronger and safer and more prosperous America.