Speaker Johnson says the legislative package championed by most Republicans will pass by Memorial Day.
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00:00I met with Secretary Bessett today, we had a big six meeting, that's Kevin Hassett and the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett and Senator Crapo and Jason Smith, myself and Leader Thune.
00:11We had a great meeting and we talked about how we are on our aggressive timetable that we set for the House.
00:16In fact, the Treasury Secretary gave us a nod of accolade for having been so aggressive and keeping this moving.
00:25It's important for the country, we need to get this bill done for all the reasons we've discussed.
00:28So we're still on our schedule, I think we can meet it.
00:31As you know, we have seven committees marking up this week, four the following week, and then that third week, the budget committee will merge it all together and we can stay on schedule.
00:41So it will be up to the Senate at that point, I think they can work expeditiously to get it done.
00:46He says July 4th because that's a big birthday for us and everybody knows that.
00:50But I think and I hope and believe that we can get it done sooner than that.
00:54Do you think it will pass the House by Memorial Day?
00:57I believe we can pass it by Memorial Day.