WASHINGTON — This morning, at the final weekly House Republican Leadership press conference before the August District Work Period, Speaker Johnson criticized Congressional Democrats for suddenly clamoring for transparency while they spent four years covering up President Biden’s mental decline. The Speaker also addressed how Congressional Republicans have delivered a historic set of wins during President Trump’s first six months back in office.
Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here.
On Democrats lying about President Biden’s mental decline:
366 days ago, President Joe Biden was unceremoniously forced off the Democrat ticket. Everybody knows why. Even after millions of Americans had already cast their primary votes for him, the self-proclaimed party of democracy threw out their nominee, the sitting President of the United States, for his disastrous debate performance. On the debate stage, President Biden revealed to the American people what Democrats in Congress spent four long years trying to hide: that the President of the United States of America was in rapid mental decline and unable to continue serving as the leader of the free world. I’m gonna say that again: the man holding the most powerful office on the face of the earth, who we now know was being propped up by staff and Democrats in Congress, was in rapid mental decline. It was as shocking as it was dangerous, and they all participated in it.
Nearly every single one of the Democrats who shamelessly attempted to pull the wool over our eyes still holds office today. You ought to be chasing them down in the hallways, asking for their responses on that. We released a 14-minute-long video yesterday with just a small sample of the countless receipts of the Democrats at every level, spinning this fantastical lie to the American people. I encourage every reporter in this room to go watch that. You ought to use the clips, and you ought to go ask them about it. And remember that the same Democrats who lied to us for years are now trying to convince you they stand for transparency. They participated in one of the greatest political scandals in, in all of history and the House Republicans are not going to allow this to be whitewashed from the historical record.
On House Republicans record of success during the 119th Congress:
We’ve been hard at work from day one of this Congress, day one of the Trump administration, trying to undo all that damage of the last four years. And we’re laying the foundation for what will make our country safer, stronger, and more prosperous than ever before. The American people gave President Trump a clear mandate to enact his America first agenda, and Republicans answered the call. To date, we’ve enacted 50 of the President’s executive orders, from reigning in bureaucratic waste, fraud, and abuse to passing common sense legislation to delivering our once in a generation legislative victories through the One Big Beautiful Bill. Let me give you a quick summary.
Americans asked for secure borders and safer communities, and Republicans delivered the largest investment in border security and interior enforcement on record. And with the HALT Fentanyl Act and the Laken Riley Act, were making sure American communities are safe from deadly drugs and illegal aliens that have taken far too many lives. The American people asked us for bigger paychecks and more affordable gas and groceries, and we delivered on that too. We delivered the largest working- and middle-class tax cut in the history of the United States. And we’ve torn down Biden-era regulations like the California EV mandate that was just madness and worked against working families and American energy dominance. The American people demanded fiscal sanity and Republicans delivered again. We passed more than $1.5 trillion in spending cuts so the government can begin to live within its means. Again, all of this is real positive change for American families, the kind that they’re going to directly feel in their bank accounts. They’re going to see it in their neighborhoods, and they’re going to count on it for years to come.
On the August District Work period:
This is the last leadership press conference before we enter the August District work period around here. People call it the August recess – it is not that. I know that lots of people in the press corps are going to be able to enjoy some downtime with friends and families and we commend you for that. But House Republicans aren’t going to get to participate in all that stuff because this month of August is not a vacation. This is arguably the most important work month on our calendar. Why? Because our members go home, they connect with their constituents in person. They host roundtables with local businesses and organizations. They meet with community stakeholders and local officials. Really, really important components of the job. And frankly, they need to cut through the false and misleading claims about the One Big Beautiful Bill from the media and the Democrats. As I mentioned, the more people know, the more they greatly favor the bill that we passed, and House Republicans are going to spend the month highlighting how it will positively impact our districts and our communities.
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