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WASHINGTON — On Day 10 of the Democrat Government Shutdown, and the first day that federal workers will begin to miss full paychecks, Speaker Johnson joined Fox and Friends on Fox News to discuss Chuck Schumer and the Democrats’ refusal to reopen the government. Speaker Johnson also addressed President Trump’s historic peace plan between Israel and Hamas.

Watch Speaker Johnson on Fox here. 

On Democrats voting eight times to keep the government closed:

As you know, the measure that we sent over there three weeks ago is a clean CR. It is 24 pages in length, the bare minimum necessary to keep the lights on, so Congress can continue to do its work. They shut it down. It's on them. For counting, yesterday, the Democrats have now voted eight times in both chambers to stop the payment of checks to troops, federal workers. We have 2 million civilian employees that will not be getting paid now and 1.3 active-duty military servicemembers. It is infuriating to us. 

On Democrats refusing to pay U.S. troops:

It's three weeks ago today, we [Republicans] voted to pay the troops. That's what the CR is. It continues government operations, which means they would all get their checks. Every Republican voted for that, and every Democrat, but one voted against it. Okay? So, we've had that vote. And now they realize the real consequences. I think the House Democrats realize the real consequences of what they've done, and it's shameful.

On Congressional Democrats keeping the government shut to satisfy the Far-Left: 

It was three weeks ago today, Brian, that the House voted to pay the troops, pay federal workers, and keep the government open. We passed a clean CR three weeks ago. The ball is in the Senate’s court. That's where the duty must be done now, but Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are playing politics with the lives of real American people. He's getting accolades right now from the Far-Left. That was the whole objective. They had to appease the Marxist base of the Democrat Party, and so they picked this fight right now. It is absurd.

On President Trump’s historic peace plan: 

But when even Chuck Schumer has to praise Donald Trump, you know that the President has done something incredible. This is truly a landmark, historic foreign policy achievement – bringing the hostages back to their families after two years, securing our ally Israel again, and laying the foundation for a permanent peace in the Middle East. I mean, it's an incredible thing. This has been an objective that everyone's had for generations. President Trump is showing peace through strength again. And, it is resolving conflicts around the world. Guys, the America's watching a split screen right now. You see President Trump and Republicans delivering for the American people, reducing their taxes, ending the crime crisis, ending the border crisis, and cutting fraud, waste, and abuse out of government, now settling conflicts around the world. And on the other screen, you see Chuck Schumer and the Democrats playing partisan games with the lives of Americans. I mean, there's never been a stronger contrast between the two parties, and everybody can see that.