"I'm telling you the truth, and you can go look at all the documents yourself. Don't look at Republican paperwork. Look at the Congressional Budget Office, who said that we had at least 1.4 million illegal aliens draining the resources from Medicaid, which is why you put their forms into law and got it signed July 4th. Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries' counter-proposal for the CR would reverse all that."
"But with regard to whether or not the subsidies could be extended for a year, Hakeem Jeffries came out yesterday and said that is a non-starter. You have to ask him why he said that. I'm not sure, but he and I both know that we have a lot of work to do within our respective caucuses to build consensus around that. Many, many people here believe you have to make serious changes and reforms to make it work better."
Mike Johnson answered callers on C-SPAN and faced criticism related to the government shutdown and immigration. A caller asked whether he would support a one-year extension to remove the argument that illegal immigrants drain resources. Johnson denied lying and pointed to a Congressional Budget Office estimate of at least 1.4 million illegal aliens drawing on Medicaid, saying related forms were codified and signed July 4. Johnson said a counter-proposal from Democratic leaders would reverse those provisions. He added that Hakeem Jeffries labeled a one-year subsidy extension a non-starter and that both parties must build caucus consensus and pursue reforms before extending subsidies.
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