Speaker Johnson Gives Update On Effort To Pass Big Beautiful Bill

Speaker Johnson discusses the Big Beautiful Bill.

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00:00Hey everybody, I guess you want a progress report?

00:02I don't know.

00:03Do you have the vote, sir?

00:04We are working through everybody's issues and making sure that we can secure this vote.

00:11I feel very positive about the progress.

00:13We've had lots of great conversations.

00:14I've met with individuals and groups all day long, as has the president, who's fully engaged

00:20as well, trying to convince everybody this is the very best product that we can produce.

00:25So, I feel good about where we are and where we're headed, and stay tuned.

00:30There's more conversations to be held.

00:31Can you talk about your conversations with the House Freedom Caucus, since the chair continues

00:35to say that he's a no?

00:36Yeah, look, I've talked to Freedom Caucus members, I've talked to Budget Committee members, I've

00:41talked to members from the swing districts.

00:44I mean, every caucus in the House has had the speaker's attention.

00:50I've heard their concerns about it, and the thing about it is when you have a piece of

00:54legislation that is this comprehensive, and with so many agenda items involved, you're

01:00going to have lots of different priorities and preferences among people, because they

01:03represent different districts and they have different interests.

01:06But we can't make everyone 100 percent happy.

01:09It's impossible.

01:10This is a deliberative body.

01:12It's a legislative process.

01:13By definition, all of us have to give up on our personal preferences.

01:17I never got to ask anybody to compromise core principles, but preferences must be yielded for

01:23the greater good.

01:24And that's what I think people are recognizing and coming to grips with.

01:27And this is part of the process.

01:29It's a consensus-building operation, has been from day one.

01:32This is the culmination of 14 months' worth of work.

01:35And I believe we're going to deliver this, get the ball over the goal line, so stay tuned.

01:38So, stay tuned.

01:40Thank you guys.

01:42Let's do it.