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WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson delivered remarks today after House Republicans ended the Democrat DHS shutdown and passed a budget resolution to fund immigration enforcement and border security for 3 years – preventing future Democrat attempts to reopen the border and halt the removal of criminal illegal immigrants. House Republicans also this week passed legislation to reauthorize FISA Sec. 702 and the Farm Bill – for the first time in 8 years – to deliver relief and certainty for rural America.

“Ultimately, the sad and actually shocking truth is there's not a Democrat in the House or the Senate that believes border security and immigration enforcement should exist at all,” Speaker Johnson said. “By word and deed, Democrats have made clear their desire to defund both of those critical functions of our government.”

Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here.

Below are Speaker Johnson’s remarks as delivered:

I'm really glad to tell you that House Republicans pulled together and delivered some major pieces of legislation and huge priorities for the country in the last few days. Let me give you a couple of examples.

We passed the Farm Bill, as you know, a major achievement, delivering real relief and certainty for our rural America and for all Americans. But this is the first time Congress has done that since 2018. Been quite a while, but we got it done. We've also made certain that the House is going to be able to have an up or down vote on the date certain on the E15 issue, which is, you know, is a big priority for a lot of our members here in the Chamber.

And most importantly, of all the things we got done this week, we've got the budget resolution passed. This is very, very important because that will ensure that border security and immigration enforcement will continue today and well into the future.

Despite Democrat attempts to reopen our border and protect criminal illegal aliens from removal, the net result of passing our reconciliation bill is that ICE and CBP are funded for three years. And Democrats got absolutely nothing for their political charade and shenanigans out of that.

We repeatedly offered in good faith – I want to point out and remind everybody – to negotiate on funding these agencies. Ultimately, the sad and actually shocking truth is there's not a Democrat in the House or the Senate that believes border security and immigration enforcement should exist at all. By word and deed, Democrats have made clear their desire to defund both of those critical functions of our government.

We also passed the FISA reauthorization to ensure that the Administration is armed with the best possible intelligence to continue eliminating terrorists and defending our homeland. We pray that the Senate can now pass our FISA bill as quickly as possible, and, you know, they're deliberating over that right now.

Now, I just want to say this. Sometimes the process around here is cumbersome; that's the way this works. But in spite of our razor thin, historically small majority, House Republicans continue to deliver for the American people. We’ll continue to do that for the remainder of the year, and that is a large reason why we are going to win the midterms so that the grownups can stay in charge here.