(10 Dec 2024)
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WASHINGTON, DC – 10 December 2024
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:
"We’re continuing to lay the groundwork for our very aggressive first 100 days agenda in the Congress that we’ve all been planning for a long time and talking about for a while. But in the waning days of this Congress and until President Trump is sworn in, we’re still actively advancing conservative priorities."
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:
"Republicans believe in the rule of law, and we’ve got to uphold that principle. We can’t overburden the courts and our judges with these excessive caseloads. And that’s what’s been happening. It’s been 35 years since Congress has authorized packages like this, and our population and caseloads have grown. And we just have to address this for the judicial branch to keep peace. More judges means more Americans can access equal and impartial justice without waiting years to get it. I’m excited to see this bill pass. I used to be a federal court litigator, and I can tell you it’s desperately needed."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:
"We have to take some initiative on this. There’s been some great work done on KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act). As you know, there’s still some concern about the free speech component to that and whether it might lead to further censorship by the government of valid, you know, conservative voices, for example. So we’re working through all that. I’m grateful for the hard work that’s been done. I’m grateful for the support behind it. I certainly I think all of us, 100% of us support the principle behind it. But you got to get this one right when you’re when you’re dealing with the regulation of free speech, you can’t go too far and have it be overbroad, but you want to achieve those objectives."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:
(On women for chairmanships of committees)
"We haven’t decided all the committee chairs yet, as you know. So we’ll see how this shakes out. But these are these are thoughtful elections. We have an embarrassment of riches, frankly, when you have multiple people running for these gavels. We discussed it yesterday in steering any of these folks to do an extraordinary job because they’re all great colleagues and have great experience to the table and all that. So stay tuned on the final composition of conference chairs. We’ll see how it all shakes out."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:
"Ya’ll heard me talking about our proverbial playbook we’ve been developing for about a year. It’s it’s well-designed. It’s we have a menu of options. What we’re deciding right now is the sequence of how we run those plays. And it’s really important the House and the Senate have different calculations on how that’s done. But we all have exactly the same priorities. The incoming administration, the Senate Republicans and the House Republicans, we got to take care of the border as a top priority. And we will. We’ve got to get the economy going again. And we will. Part of that is ensuring that these, we don’t have the largest tax increase in U.S. history on the American people at the end of this coming year when those Trump tax cuts expire. So we can walk and chew gum at the same time. The sequence in the use of reconciliation is really important."
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