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Speaker Johnson: Reconciliation 3.0 is Essential to Election Integrity and National Security

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — This morning, at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson previewed House Republicans’ consequential week ahead and highlighted Republican efforts to secure American elections and provide for our national defense through the SAVE and Protect America Act. Speaker Johnson also discussed House Republicans taking action to responsibly fund the government, avoid yet another Democrat shutdown, and stop the threat of insider trading in Congress.

“Number one: secure American elections by passing the SAVE America Act into law, as much of that as possible, that's the objective. Number two: protect and strengthen our homeland. And how do we do that? We'll be providing supplemental funding in line with the Administration's request to support our national defense and our farmers,” Speaker Johnson said. “Why is this necessary? Because Democrats have yet again refused to work with Republicans on basic election integrity and strengthening our nation's defense.”

Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here.

On Republican efforts to secure American elections and provide for national defense:

On reconciliation this week, of course, we're going to move the ball forward on Reconciliation 3.0. We’ll pass our budget resolution, send it to the Senate. As a reminder, this legislative vehicle is our best shot at accomplishing two key objectives of the people of this country. These are very popular and important and necessary objectives. Number one: secure American elections by passing the SAVE America Act into law, as much of that as possible, that's the objective. Number two: protect and strengthen our homeland. And how do we do that? We'll be providing supplemental funding in line with the Administration's request to support our national defense and our farmers. Why is this necessary? Because Democrats have yet again refused to work with Republicans on basic election integrity and strengthening our nation's defense. As always, Republicans support our troops, our farmers and election integrity and we will demonstrate that again this week.

On Republicans preventing yet another Democrat government shutdown:

Later today, House Republicans are going to move closer to responsibly funding the government as well. We're going to pass a totally clean, very simple continuing resolution that will fund the government through November. The CR is as clean as they come. There are no poison pills. There's no maneuvers, there's nothing other than a simple extension of current funding levels. Now this is going to be one to watch. Unfortunately, given the Democrats have already forced the two longest government shutdowns in American history in this Congress – one of them for 78 days – they've already demonstrated they don't care what kind of pain they inflict on the American people.

They do this to try to score political points. I think they're making the wrong calculation here. Republicans are under no illusions about Democrats' intentions ahead of a very consequential midterm election. Today's Democrat Party, I think they have a very false impression. They think that they can score political points by trying to inflict pain. It's not going to work. They’ve shown there's nothing they love more than a government shutdown as tens of millions of Americans head to the polls in November. But this clean CR is an opportunity for both sides. They have an opportunity to demonstrate they're committed to responsibly funding the government through November. And again, I bet you, they don't help us on it. If the Democrats can't support that, this basic principle, then they alone are going to own the chaos that ensues if the government shuts down after September 30th.

On the Stop Insider Trading Act plus Voter ID:

This week, House Republicans are going to take an important step to restore Americans' faith and trust in Congress and in American elections with the Stop Insider Trading Act. As Leader Scalise noted, this is something the American people have been very interested in for a long, long time. We have finally cobbled together what we believe is the vote coalition to make that happen. I want to commend the good work of the House Administration Committee and Chairman Bryan Steil for their quarterbacking of this collaborative effort. And they've drafted a bill that I think is really, really well done. Too often, Americans struggling to make ends meet have watched as lawmakers have entered office to leave as multimillionaires. There's a handful of glaring examples. A couple of those people are still serving, notably on the Democrat side.

The Stop Insider Trading Act does exactly what it says. It bans Members of Congress from purchasing individual stocks from publicly traded companies, and it helps prevent public officials from profiting from inside information. It's a very logical thing to do. The bill also includes a very common sense and popular provision to ensure that voters must show a valid ID when they go to the polls to vote. Virtually all Republicans support that commonsense measure, and over 70% of Democrats do, as acknowledged most recently by Chuck Schumer himself. And yet, watch, I bet you, not a single Democrat in the House or Senate will support these measures. Democrats only talk about corruption. Republicans are actually delivering real solutions to restore the public's faith in our institutions because we believe in this country. We believe in our matchless Constitution that is the envy of everybody around the world. And we believe on the 250th anniversary, now is it a very important time to stand on that.

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Speaker Johnson on Reconciliation 3.0: Safeguarding American Elections is Important to the American People and it’s Important for the Future

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks following House Republicans’ conference meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance regarding the budget resolution for Congressional Republicans third reconciliation bill — the SAVE and Protect America Act.

“It's our best shot at enacting our party's top priority legislation, the SAVE America Act. It is important to the American people and it's important to the future. And there is nothing in this bill that every Republican in Congress cannot proudly get behind,” Speaker Johnson said. “Republicans support election integrity, our troops, and of course our farmers, and this vehicle will demonstrate all of that.”

Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here.

Below are Speaker Johnson’s remarks as delivered:

We just had a great meeting with the House Republican Conference. We’re delighted to have been joined by the Vice President, J.D Vance. You'll hear from him in just a moment. What we were here to address today, what you're all here to hear about is we're moving forward with Reconciliation 3.0 this morning. After many months of deliberation and discussion and contemplation, the House Budget Committee is moving forward with the budget resolution that will get us to Reconciliation 3.0.

Let me tell you a few of the details about it. Given the Democrats’ absolute refusal to work with us on the nation's top priorities – and that includes election integrity and strengthening our nation's defense – we’re moving forward with a narrow, streamlined package to deliver on some of America's top priorities. It is a sad situation. This is where we are; Republicans have to do this on our own.

The budget resolution instructs four House committees to write Reconciliation 3.0. Those committees are the House Administration Committee, House Armed Services Committee, House Agriculture, and House Intelligence Committee. Each of them will have an important component part of it. The forthcoming reconciliation legislation sets out to accomplish two very important goals: one, to secure America's elections. We're going to pass the SAVE America Act into law as much of that as possible. The SAVE America Act ensures, as you know, that voters have proof of citizenship to register to vote, and they show a valid ID when they turn up to vote at the ballot box. These commonsense policies are reported by 83% of the American people. It's almost a 9 out of 10 public opinion poll in most of the polls that you look at.

The second objective is to protect and strengthen our homeland. How will we do that? We will provide supplemental funding for our troops with the Administration's request to support national defense and our farmers. That's very important stuff. The Budget Committee is scheduled to vote this budget resolution out of committee tomorrow, and we will pass it through the House next week. We'll send it to the Senate, and then they will pass it before the August district work period. After the Senate passes the budget resolution, our four instructed House committees can go to work to write the reconciliation bill itself. We're looking forward to this process. We intend for this to be a law-making exercise, which means the House and the Senate both have to pass the bill, and of course, the President signs it into law.

This budget resolution, which kickstarts Reconciliation 3.0 is a process. It's our best shot at enacting our party's top priority legislation, the SAVE America Act. It is important to the American people and it's important to the future. There is nothing in this bill that every Republican in Congress cannot proudly get behind. Republicans support election integrity, our troops, and of course our farmers, and this vehicle will demonstrate all of that. Once again, we're delighted again to have been joined by our Vice President who had a lot to say to the Republicans. They're very encouraged – he got multiple standing ovations. It's a good day to be a Republican.

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Speaker Johnson on the Rise of Radical Communists in the Democrat Party: “The Barbarians are Inside the Gate”

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — This morning, at the House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson joined Leader Scalise, Chairwoman McClain, and Rep. Carlos Gimenez – whose family fled communism in Cuba – in highlighting the horrors of socialism and communism. Speaker Johnson also addressed the rise of anti-American, communist candidates currently taking over the Democrat Party.

“This philosophy has led to the murder of tens of millions of innocent people in the 20th century alone. It is a nightmare and is a trail to certain death. And that's why we're speaking in such stark terms, because we need America to wake up,” Speaker Johnson said. “35 years ago, Republicans and Democrats in Congress, the Reagan years, they were fighting communism on a distant shore. Now it's here.”

Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here.

On the rise of socialist, communist Democrat candidates:

We’re fighting right now in Congress over whether we're going to maintain our status as a constitutional republic or we're going to trade that in, dismantle the foundations and go down this dark road of death to communism. That is the question on the ballot this fall. Now, the DSA published their platform – I hope you're all covering it. I hope you're writing in depth about their platform. I read it out loud at event a few weeks ago, and they've made an ad mocking me reading their platform. Now, they didn't put the clips with the worst parts of it. Well, of course they want to pack the Supreme Court, and they want a unicameral legislature. They want the House to run everything; abolish the Senate, because they believe the House would be run by Marxists communists. They want to remove the President. What they also want to do is abolish all borders. They don't want any borders. They want mass amnesty granted to anyone who can come onto our shores without exception, even for terrorists and hardened, dangerous criminals. They don't want prisons. It's in their platform. They want to remove the carceral state. They said no prisons. They don't want to fund the police. This is not a game. Everybody needs to understand. These crazy little mini-Mamdani’s who are popping up all around the country; they are a danger to you and your family. This is not a game. If they promise you free stuff, there is far more beneath those promises that even some of these people do not understand themselves.

On the failures of communism historically:

Our rights come from our Creator, God; they do not come from the government. The communist believes the opposite. They believe that the government of the state is God and that the state is the one that gives you all your rights. And you know what? The state can also take those rights away. And that's exactly what happens. It's inevitable in communism. And this philosophy has led to the murder of tens of millions of innocent people in the 20th century alone. It is a nightmare. It is a trail to certain death and that's why we're speaking in such stark terms, because we need America to wake up. 35 years ago, Republicans and Democrats in Congress, the Reagan years, they were fighting communism on a distant shore. Now it's here.

But in Congress, they all agreed on that. They obviously knew that we had to fight communism. And so, what they were doing here for domestic policy, that was foreign policy, domestic policy, they were arguing over marginal tax rates and the shades of regulation and how large the government should be. There wasn't a huge difference. The chasm between the two parties, those days are gone right now. Domestically, we are arguing, we are debating, we are fighting. The election will be over whether we're going to maintain our freedom in a constitutional republic, the greatest experiment in self-governance in the history of the world, the longest surviving constitution on the planet, the nation that everybody wants to emulate and everybody wants to come here. We have to seal our borders, so they won't flood over them. We're the only nation in the world that has that distinction. We're the last great superpower. We are the greatest nation in the history of the world.

On the high stakes of the midterm elections:

There has been a small number of times in the history of America where the actual experiment in self-governance was on the ballot. The idea that we would preserve a constitutional republic, one nation under God, a government of, by, and for the people. All that is in question right now. For the first time, really in my lifetime, this is a real question. The American people have to decide in November, in a midterm election for Congress and Senate. It’s not something that we would've projected. I hoped and prayed it would never come to this, but here we are. The barbarians are in the gate.

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One Year Later: Democrats Tout Tax Cuts They Voted Against

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — One year after President Trump signed the Working Families Tax Cuts into law, hardworking American families across the nation are paying lower taxes and keeping more of what they earn – outcomes the legislation was written to achieve. Democrats unanimously opposed these transformational tax provisions for working families, instead voting for a $5 trillion tax hike – the largest in history.

However, despite Congressional Democrats’ vehement and unanimous opposition and state-level Democrat attempts to actually block implementation of these tax provisions, many Democrats are now claiming to see the wisdom of providing tax relief to working families. Many House and Senate Democrats are lying to their voters, taking credit for legislation they actively opposed.

“With their unanimous opposition to the Working Families Tax Cuts, Congressional Democrats in unison voted against no tax on tips and overtime, the doubled child tax credit, $50 billion for rural healthcare, and investment accounts for every newborn in America,” Speaker Johnson said. “Now, as tens of millions of citizens are benefitting from this historic tax relief, Democrats are attempting to mislead the American people and claim credit for something they opposed vehemently. Republicans will not let the American people forget that if Democrats had it their way, every taxpayer would have faced the largest tax increase in American history.”

A few examples of how Democrats support the Working Families Tax Cuts:

Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet ran two television ads in her district funded using taxpayer dollars to say she “passed Working Families Tax Credit” and that she is “helping Michiganders claim the Working Families Tax Credit.” Spoiler alert: like every other Democrat in Congress, she opposed the Working Families Tax Cuts. Now she’s trying to take the credit.

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a bill that would make Trump Accounts permanent and automatically enroll newborns into the program, which he renames “American Dream Accounts,” and a bill to make No Tax on Tips permanent, saying “we must ensure that [...] as many workers as possible can benefit as much as possible.”
Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV), Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Susie Lee (D-NV), along with Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) wrote a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent “to ensure the successful implementation of this [No Tax on Tips] provision for our constituents and tipped workers across the country.” They all voted no, despite knowing they are “lawmakers representing our nation’s most hospitality and service industry dependent economy.”
Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) admitted, “There are certain things that I liked in the big, ugly bill.” He and Emilia Sykes (D-OH) helped introduce a bill to expand eligibility for No Tax on Overtime.
Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) sent a joint press release, and Rep. Nellie Pou (D-NJ) also took credit, for securing hundreds of millions of dollars in security funding for the World Cup – despite trashing the Working Families Tax Cuts, voting against the legislation which included the funding, and taking repeated voted to keep the Department of Homeland Security –the agency tasked with World Cup security – closed.

Why are Democrats taking credit for this monumental legislation? Because the policies – and the successful results that followed – speak for themselves:

KEEPING MORE OF YOUR MONEY

97% of filers received a tax cut this past filing season, who would have otherwise owed taxes absent the extension of President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.
$82 billion has been returned to the American people from the individual tax cuts in the WFTC.
96% of filers receiving a tax cut earned less than $200,000.

Filers earning between $100,000 to $200,000, who claimed one of President Trump’s signature tax cuts, received an average tax cut of over $1,250.

Nearly 70% of filers receiving a tax cut earned less than $100,000.

Filers earning between $50,000 to $100,000, who claimed one of President Trump’s signature tax cuts, received an average tax cut over $815.

No Tax on Tips: Over 7.5 million filers have claimed No Tax on Tips, with an average deduction of over $7,000.

90% of filers claiming the No Tax on Tips deduction had income under $100,000.
99% of filers claiming the No Tax on Tips deduction had income under $200,000.

No Tax on Overtime: Over 29 million filers have claimed No Tax on Overtime, with an average deduction of over $3,100.

75% of filers claiming the No Tax on Overtime deduction had income under $100,000.
96% of filers claiming the No Tax on Overtime deduction had income under $200,000.

Enhanced Senior Deduction: Over 35 million seniors have claimed the Enhanced Deduction for Seniors, with an average deduction of over $7,500.

68% of filers claiming the Enhanced Senior Deduction had income under $100,000.
94% of filers claiming the Enhanced Senior Deduction had income under $200,000.

No Tax on Car Loan Interest: Over 1.4 million filers have claimed No Tax on Car Loan Interest on their new American vehicles, with an average deduction of over $1,800.
- 62% of filers claiming the No Tax on Car Loan Interest deduction had income under $100,000.
- 98% of filers claiming the No Tax on Car Loan Interest deduction had income under $200,000.

Enhanced Child Tax Credit: Nearly 40 million families have claimed the enhanced Child Tax Credit, which is permanently doubled and expanded by the Working Families Tax Cuts.

65% of all families claiming the credit had income under $100,000.
89% of all families claiming the credit had income under $200,000.

Doubled Standard Deduction: Over 127 million filers, or 90% of all tax filers, have claimed the permanently doubled standard deduction, simplifying tax filing for millions across America.
Boosts take home pay for a typical hardworking family by over $10,000 a year.
More than 6 million Trump Accounts have been opened for American children, and 1.4 million are eligible to receive the initial $1,000 seed contribution from the Working Families Tax Cuts.

86% of Trump Accounts opened are linked to families earning less than $200,000 annually.
500,000 children received the $1,000 seed fund on July 4, 2026 from the Trump administration.

THE WORKING FAMILIES TAX CUTS

Puts American Farmers First: Prevents foreign countries from flooding our markets with biofuel feedstocks that compete with American grown agriculture.
Invests in Rural America: Created the Rural Health Transformation Program and invested $50 billion over five years to transparently and efficiently transform rural health access.
Supports Family Farms: Protects two million family farms from excessive taxation by raising the death tax exemption, helping generational farms stay in the family by increasing the amount family farms can inherit tax free.
Expands Access to Disaster Aid: Expands access to standing disaster programs and conservation programs.
Invests in American Agriculture: Expands affordable crop insurance and improves risk management tools for livestock, aquaculture, honeybees, and specialty crops.
Ensures Tax Dollars Benefit Americans, Not Illegals: Ensures American taxpayers are no longer funding benefits for illegals on Medicaid and SNAP.
Provides Small Business Relief: Provides immediate tax relief to farmers, ranchers, and rural Americans by increasing the small business expensing threshold and permanently extending the Small Business Deduction.
Delivers Historic Tax Relief: This landmark legislation puts more money back into Americans’ pockets with American families and workers claiming $82 billion in individual relief directly from the Working Families Tax Cuts.

Makes Permanent the Child Tax Credit: Permanently increased and enhanced $2,200 child tax credit for tens of millions of families.
Supports School Choice and Parental Rights: Creates the first-ever federal tax credit to provide scholarships to children to attend a K-12 school of their choice.
Creates Trump Accounts: Gives eligible children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, a $1,000 contribution from the Treasury Department.
Expands the Adoption Tax Credit: Improvements to the Adoption Tax Credit make adoption more affordable
Expands Skills-Based Training: Allows students to pay for short-term vocational and technical training programs that align with in-demand, high-skill, high-wage jobs.
Expands Education Savings: Doubles the allowed annual distribution amount for K-12 expenses and expands qualified K-12 expenses to include materials, books, testing fees, online programs, tutoring. Expands qualified distributions for post-secondary career paths to include trade schools, technical certifications, and other workforce development credentialing.

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Speaker Johnson Submits Letter for Bossier Semiquincentennial Time Capsule

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — On the eve of America’s 250^th Anniversary, Speaker Johnson contributed a letter to the 2026 Bossier Community Time Capsule, which will remain sealed until America’s tricentennial in 2076. In the letter, Speaker Johnson outlined his journey to Congress and the Speakership, the genius of America’s constitutional republic, and emphasized the importance of maintaining our Republic by recommitting to the timeless principles our nation was founded upon. The time capsule was sponsored by Keep Bossier Beautiful in conjunction with the Bossier Parish Police Jury and Keep America Beautiful.

“As our nation marks this momentous anniversary, we face questions about the very nature of our Republic. How to preserve our God-given rights against government intrusion? How best to champion individual liberty? And, how to restore our moral and religious foundations, which our Founders saw as essential to maintaining this Republic? These are age-old questions that every generation has tackled since the dawn of our country,” Speaker Johnson wrote. “But today, it is our duty and our responsibility as freedom-loving Americans to answer them anew, and while honoring the timeless truths of Scripture upon which our nation was founded.”

Read the full letter here or below:

To my future fellow Americans:

Greetings from 2026! My name is Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives and proud representative of Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District, which spans from Shreveport to Monroe and down to Lake Charles.

As America marks its Semiquincentennial, we look back to acknowledge the miracle of our founding and the countless miracles that have followed, as much as we look ahead to you, our future countrymen. It is in that spirit that I write this letter, to share what America looks like today and what we hope the future holds for this great country, which we are blessed to call home.

As the 56th Speaker of the House, I am fortunate to lead Congress at a time of profound change. My colleagues first elected me to this position during a time of great tumult in the history of the institution, and after serving less than 6.8 years in Congress, the second fastest tenure before receiving this honor. This is the first time someone from Louisiana has held this historic position, something deeply meaningful to me as the son of a Shreveport firefighter and the first person in my family to graduate from college.

None of this incredible journey would have been possible without the steadfast support of my beautiful wife, Kelly, and our four children, Hannah, Abby, Jack, and Will, and God’s faithful hand upon our lives.

Since my first election to Speaker, I have led the Republican Party through a polarized era of politics and under one of the smallest majorities in American history. I am also proud to be the first U.S. Speaker to ever address the British Parliament, and only the third to be invited to address the Israeli Knesset. It is not lost on me the critical role the U.S. plays in shaping the policies and actions of countries around the globe. Being in this position comes with the enormous weight of preserving the God-honoring, timeless truths that undergird America’s founding – which contain the necessary ingredients for human flourishing – and of stewarding these principles beyond our borders.

We began this fateful year with an auspicious victory abroad. America’s greatest athletes competed in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, capturing a record 12 gold medals. Both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Hockey Teams triumphed over Canada in dramatic overtime thrillers to secure dual gold medals. For the men, it was their first gold in 46 years since the famous 1980 “Miracle on Ice.”

In April, NASA achieved a major space exploration milestone with the Artemis II lunar flyby, setting a record for the farthest journey from Earth in human history. King Charles III made his first visit to the United States as monarch, which culminated in a historic address to a Joint Session of Congress. And at this very moment, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway in communities across our country.

In a matter of days and under the leadership of President Donald Trump, America will celebrate its 250th anniversary in historic fashion, from the Great American State Fair to one of the grandest displays of fireworks here in our nation’s capital. Recently, I was proud to lead tens of thousands of Americans in prayer on our National Mall to rededicate this great country as one nation under God in celebration of 250 years of American Independence.

As our nation marks this momentous anniversary, we face questions about the very nature of our Republic. How to preserve our God-given rights against government intrusion? How best to champion individual liberty? And, how to restore our moral and religious foundations, which our Founders saw as essential to maintaining this Republic? These are age-old questions that every generation has tackled since the dawn of our country. But today, it is our duty and our responsibility as freedom-loving Americans to answer them anew, and while honoring the timeless truths of Scripture upon which our nation was founded.

We embrace the challenge of this generation with you, our future fellow Americans, in our hearts and prayers. And while we acknowledge that our work to preserve this grand experiment in self-liberty remains unfinished, we take solace knowing that God’s hand rests firmly upon our country, just as it has since the very beginning of our Founders’ fight for freedom.

As John Quincy Adams, our nation’s 6th president and a relentless fighter against the scourge of slavery, once said, “Duty is ours. Results are God’s.” It’s your duty now to recommit to the timeless, foundational principles enshrined in our nation’s birth certificate. As you take the baton of freedom on this 300th anniversary, do not do so lightly. Take it boldly and courageously, as the signers of the Declaration did, and with the full weight of history and destiny on your shoulders.

May God bless you all, and may God eternally bless the United States of America.

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Speaker Johnson: As America Celebrates Our 250th Anniversary This Week, Democrats Are Noticeably Silent

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — This morning, at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson discussed the genius of the American experiment in self-governance and celebrated the endurance of our Republic as we mark our 250th Anniversary this week. Speaker Johnson also discussed the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act, which furthers President Trump’s America first, peace through strength agenda.

“The insurgent Left hates America and hates our founding principles. They hate the idea of borders and prisons. They even want to remove the President and the Supreme Court. Very dangerous stuff,” Speaker Johnson said. “We're no longer in a battle just between Republicans and Democrats arguing over marginal tax rates or the size of regulation this election and this year… Right now, we have a contrast between people who love the country and its founding principles, and those who have open disdain and hatred for them.”

Watch the press conference here.

On America’s 250th Anniversary:

You will hear me remind us of that all the time. The most free, most successful, most powerful, most benevolent nation that has ever been on planet Earth. America is back right now, and there are so many reasons to be excited and to celebrate with your family and friends. Celebrate freedom. Celebrate the great blessings we have in this country, the greatest on the planet. We've got challenges, of course, we're working through those every day. But there is no reason not to celebrate. There is no reason to be depressed in any way. We recognize 250 years is still an experiment. We're still a grand experiment in self-governance. In 1776, the Founders came together and they boldly proclaimed this self-evident truth. We call it the nation's creed. It's like a statement of faith. And they said right in the second paragraph of the Declaration, which we celebrate this weekend. We hold these truths to be self-evident. And what is the self-evident truth? It is something that's obvious. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. And I always pause there and note that it doesn't say born equal. It says created equal by God and that it is God, our Creator, who gives us our inalienable rights. That among those the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

On the Democrats’ embrace of socialism and communism:

We have an open contest right now between the Marxists and communists and the Americans. We've been saying for months that this is setting up, this midterm will be a contrast between common sense and crazy. And now you can add another line there. It's, it's common sense versus communism, because that's what's happening in the Democrat Party. The insurgent Left is taking it over – the insurgent Left that hates America, hates our founding principles.

They hate the idea of borders and prisons. They even want to remove the President and the Supreme Court…They wipe their hands on the American flag. Many of them have ties to terrorist organizations. You can't make this stuff up. We're no longer in a battle just between Republicans and Democrats arguing over marginal tax rates or the size of regulation this election and this year. The things that are happening in Congress right now are a contrast between people who love the country and its founding principles and those who have open disdain and hatred for them. They want to tear America down. They want to tear down Western civilization. And it's not going to happen on our watch.

On the National Defense Authorization Act:

We will invest properly, appropriately, and responsibly in America's national defense. Our policies reflect that. We have a pay raise to our troops that's overdue, another 5 to 7%. We will advance 65 of President Trump's priorities and executive orders in the legislation. We will do the things that are necessary to make sure we maintain our status as the great superpower, the remaining superpower on the planet. It is absolutely essential that we do that for a couple of reasons. Number one, Reagan used to remind us, you hear me say all the time, ‘Freedom is not passed along in the bloodstream. It's got to be fought for, protected for the next generation or else they won't have the same liberty and opportunity and security that we have known.’ And America is the leader of the world. We are the beacon of freedom.

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Speaker Johnson Welcomes Winner of 2026 Congressional Art Competition to the U.S. Capitol

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — On Thursday in the U.S. Capitol, Speaker Johnson visited with Maycie Howard, this year’s first-place winner of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition for Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District. Maycie’s painting, “A Moment at Cypress Black Bayou,” will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide, visual art contest for high school students, in which one piece of artwork from each congressional district is chosen by a panel of judges to be displayed in the U.S. Capitol Building for one year. The second, third, and fourth place selections will be proudly displayed in Speaker Johnson’s congressional offices. Click here for more on this year's winners.

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House Passes KIDS Act to Protect Children, Teens Online

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 7757 – the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act – landmark legislation to protect children and teens online and empower parents to make the best decisions for their own children.

“For years, Congress has worked to find 21st century solutions to the real dangers that children and teens face online, and the bipartisan KIDS Act offers a major remedy to these problems. This legislation represents an important step forward in Congress’ effort to protect children online and hold big tech accountable, while also empowering parents and protecting free speech,” Speaker Johnson said. “I commend Chairman Guthrie for working across the aisle to get this done, and we look forward to working with our Senate counterparts to ensure these essential protections for our children become law.”

“Parents should be able to trust that their children are safe online. The KIDS Act takes a focused, commonsense approach to strengthening protections for minors, while giving families more tools to help keep their children safe,” Leader Scalise said. “I applaud Chairman Guthrie and the Energy and Commerce Committee for their leadership in advancing this important legislation. House Republicans will continue fighting for policies that put families first."

“Congress has spent years searching for how to best protect children and teens online, and today’s overwhelming bipartisan vote indicates that we have found our solution. The KIDS Act creates strong protections with new rules for design features, default settings, and kids’ privacy,” Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Guthrie said. “We want to thank our colleagues for their strong vote today to protect kids, empower parents, and hold internet platforms accountable.”

“Empowering parents to better protect their children—especially in the face of the near-constant barrage of digital threats—remains one of our most important responsibilities,” Rep. Bilirakis said. “Today, we advanced that mission by moving forward this package, including the Kids Online Safety Act, which establishes a comprehensive set of safeguards, such as addressing compulsive usage, and parental controls to protect kids. One troubling post should not turn into a constant stream of depression, suicide, or eating disorder content. I remain committed to ensuring children can safely navigate the digital world while holding technology companies accountable. Protecting our kids must always come before protecting corporate profits.”

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Speaker Johnson: America is the Most Free, Most Successful, Most Powerful, Most Benevolent Nation the World Has Ever Known

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the significance of the Declaration of Independence and our spiritual foundations as Americans around the country gather to celebrate our 250th anniversary this week. Speaker Johnson also discussed House Republicans’ efforts to make everyday life more affordable for working families and to ensure election integrity.

“The experiment in self-governance has been a tremendous success. And the reason is because we’re built upon these very firm foundations; this didn’t happen by happenstance,” Speaker Johnson said. “It’s because the Founders studied and prayed and put together a matchless Constitution, a system of government that followed, frankly, the admonitions of Scripture.”

Watch Speaker Johnson’s full interview here.

On the significance of the Declaration of Independence:

The great statesman, GK Chesterton, once observed from Great Britain that America is the only nation in the world that was founded upon a creed. And he said that it's listed with almost theological lucidity or clarity in the Declaration of Independence, which we celebrate this week. What is the creed? We hold these truths to be self-evident, the founders said, and what is a self-evident truth? It's something that's obvious. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. It doesn't say born equal. It says created equal, in that it is God, not the government, who gives us our inalienable rights. That foundational truth is what built America. It was the foundation of all of it and is what we still celebrate and are fighting every day right now to preserve.

On bipartisan legislation to lower the cost of homeownership for working families:

The housing bill really is a Republican priority because it will lower housing costs. We made a lot of promises to the voters, and we're fulfilling those every single day this Congress. And this is a big part of that because it will increase the availability, the access to more housing, bring down costs, cut regulations, do the things that we know are very important for that market. The President and I talked about that at length. Of course, he wants to do all those things. I'm going to send the bill over to him. It’s passed by both chambers, I'm sending it to him on Monday, and it will become law. And I certainly want him to take the biggest, boldest marker that he has and do that big Trump signature proudly on that legislation because we're delivering for the people. And that's what he wants to do.

On Republican efforts to secure American elections:

We passed it three times in the House already. We're going to pass it again. And this time we're going to try to put it on a reconciliation bill. And the reason that's so important, Maria, as you know, is it prevents the necessity of 60 votes in the Senate. The Democrats want no part of this. And remember, this is very basic stuff. We're just going to make sure you have to have proof of citizenship to register to vote and then show an ID when you turn out at the ballot box. These are 90/10 public opinion issues. And more than 70% of Democrats want to do it, but not the Democrats in the House and Senate. And so, we've got to go around them. And look, I told Anna Paulina Luna and a couple other colleagues, I said, it makes no sense for us to shut down our good work in the House just because Senate Democrats refuse to do the the people's will. We've got a lot more to do. We’ve got to keep it going.

On the House Republican agenda going forward:

The message [from President Trump] was, listen, don't turn the the Floor over to the radical left. That's what happens when the party in charge, the Republican Party, votes against its own rules to proceed with legislation. So, look, we'll get everybody together on Monday, tomorrow, we're bringing them all back. We've got a big week ahead of us of before we begin all the celebrations on the weekend. Much more left to do. We've got the National Defense Authorization Act; we have appropriations where we're spending less money and doing it more efficiently and effectively. We have the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act we've got to get reauthorized; we've got the Surface Transportation bill, many really important pieces of legislation, and of course, Reconciliation 3.0. I have to have everybody working here on all cylinders, and I'm excited to bring them back.

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

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

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, self-identifying Marxists. They want to fundamentally transform this country. And sadly, many of these Democrat candidates and their voters just don't have the same zeal and affection for America,” Speaker Johnson said. “They don't appreciate the freedom that we have in this country. They're not even going to celebrate on July 4. There's a new NBC poll that came out. Did you see that only 29% of Democrat voters that they polled said they're proud to be an American? What happened to the Democrat Party?”

Watch Speaker Johnson’s remarks here.

On Democrats embracing radical, socialist candidates:

Last night made crystal clear that Zohran Mamdani, AOC, and Bernie Sanders have just taken full control of the Democrat Party, or what was left of it. Across the country, Democrats have candidates winning primaries and rising through the ranks. Here's a few of them. Vang in California, one of the Democrats – she won't say the Pledge of Allegiance. Hamawy in New Jersey, Democrat candidate, socialist candidate, has ties to Al-Qaeda and other terrorists. Chevalier won last night in New York over Hakeem’s counter-endorsement. She says she wants to abolish the border; she doesn't want a border for the country. Mendoza in Arizona wants to decriminalize trans prostitution, apparently that's a thing. James in Iowa wants to apologize for being white. Garriott in Iowa performed a Satanist wedding, and Bennett in New Jersey stopped going to church because Trump voters were there. This is just a sampling. And these kinds of people have been popping up. You've been hearing me say for weeks. There are many mini Mamdani’s popping up all around the country. It is a dangerous thing. This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic, and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up.

On Democrats’ growing disdain for America:

Sadly, many of these Democrat candidates and their voters just don't have the same zeal and affection for America. They don't appreciate the freedom that we have in this country. They're not even going to celebrate on July 4^th. There's a new NBC poll that came out. Did you see that only 29% of Democrat voters that they polled said they're proud to be an American? What happened to the Democrat Party? They compared the poll from just 20 years ago where it was 90%. Because that's where Republicans are, above 90%. Over half of Democrats now say they would rather live in another country. What a split screen we're seeing right now. We're triumphantly hosting the World Cup games all around the country, and we're seeing people from different countries come and get a little taste of America, a little taste of freedom, of our culture and our society. And they appreciated so much more than these socialists running for Congress.

Fans across the country are truly enjoying our world-class facilities and the incredible atmosphere on the field and off the field. Thanks to social media, we're seeing a lot of these; it has been encouraging to see the visitors appreciate what we have. Dutch travelers are in Buc-ee’s; German players took a midnight trip to the Waffle House. They're the greatest thing you've ever seen. English fans are roaming the Everglades. Japanese tourists marveling over free chips and salsa at Mexican restaurant in Texas. Don't forget your blessings. People from Europe and Latin America, many countries around the world, many of whom, here's the key, grew up under repressive, state-controlled economies. They've never known freedom. They've never known these kinds of things. And they're seeing them for themselves the genius of America's system. A system that rewards risk takers and entrepreneurs and job creators and innovators, and people who create jobs for others and expand the economy and opportunity and broaden the pathway out of poverty for more people. That's what the Republicans stand for.

On Republicans securing American elections through a third reconciliation bill:

The President believes in election integrity. He talks about it all the time. And we do as well in act and in deed; we have stood for that. We passed the SAVE America Act. This is very important. That is the top priority because if you do not have safe elections in this grand experiment in self-governance that we have in a constitutional republic, you don't have anything. And we have got to ensure it. And we have to press for election integrity measures. That's why we've made it a top priority. It has been stuck in the Senate, and here's why. Because no Democrat in the House or Senate will vote for the SAVE America Act. Those two things I just told you, they vote against that every single time. And they will. Why, you ask? That's a rhetorical question. You should go ask them the actual question. Why are you against proof of citizenship and a photo ID? Why is that? They can't give you a cogent answer. The reason is they do want to allow for cheating and fraud in the elections, because it is the only way that the Marxists can win. They cannot win on their ideas. That's why this is so important to the president is to us.

You have to put it on a reconciliation bill. We believe that if you create a grant program that ties it to reconciling the budget and you allow blue states, if they come to their senses and they want to avail themselves to election integrity proposals and ideas and policies, they can draw down from a federal fund and use those funds. We're willing to invest heavily in that. And House Republicans will put together a reconciliation bill, Reconciliation 3.0, that will have that.

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