Mike Johnson

And we had a prescription for how to lower cost of care, make the quality higher, and make accessibility greater.

And so we have formulated all these ideas, but we've got to build a consensus to do that.

And we were in the process of that.

I haven't seen the specifics of that, and I don't know.

I do know that each of the cabinet secretaries were asked to assist OMB to determine what the most essential programs are and what the priorities are for the policies and all of that.

And I've been so busy on all this, I've not had a chance to dig into the details of each division and how it's happened.

I know that HHS, for example, has cut some programs, but they were effectively all agencies in a triage situation.

Because remember, Chuck Schumer and the Democrats turned off the funding for all these things that everybody cares about.

And so the executive branch, the Office of Management and Budget has to determine

What are the most efficient and effective programs?

It's a difficult task.

It's not one that they relish.

They don't want to do it.

Listen to the president's own words and Russ Vogt's own words and everybody who's involved.

They want the government to be opened.

They're begging Chuck Schumer and the Democrats.

That's how to make all this stop.

They want this to end immediately, and they wanted it to end before it started.

Congress and get everybody back to work.

I certainly pray and hope that they will do that and they don't drag this on for political purposes.