Mike Johnson

The Republican Party is the party that has the plans to fix it.

Can we completely repeal and replace Obamacare?

Many of us are skeptical about that now because the roots are so deep.

It was really sinister the way, in my view, the way it was created.

I believe Obamacare was created.

I've heard a criticism from, I think, three members on our conference call.

And since our conference calls leak and they're always spun, that's the fact.

You can poll individual House Republicans, maybe you should, and 98.7% of them will tell you that this is the right thing.

Why?

It's what you just said is the opposite of what I've said.

We are working on appropriations.

That work has been done in earnest.

The next package of bills is being prepared.

Appropriators are talking not just Republicans and Democrats, but across the aisle on that.

And we can move all that forward.

Right now, the House Republicans, I don't know what the Democrats are doing, but the House Republicans have been very busy.

They're doing some of their best work.

in the district, helping their constituents navigate this crisis that's been created by Chuck Schumer and the Democrats.

The Schumer shutdown causes real pain for real people, veterans, the elderly, people who rely upon these services, our rural hospitals that have been struggling.

Our members are out helping them to access the rural hospital fund that we created and that the president signed into law on July 4th that no Democrats assisted on.