Speaker Johnson remarks after the House stopgap vote

… <p><strong>WASHINGTON&nbsp;</strong>— Today, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks to the media after the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government until December and avoid yet another costly Democrat government shutdown. Speaker Johnson also addressed House Republicans’ proposed constitutional amendment to ensure the U.S. Supreme Court remains composed of only nine justices.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Thanks to the House Republicans’ leadership and the foresight back in July, we began the necessary processes to ensure that the government would not be shut down,”&nbsp;<strong>Speaker Johnson said</strong>. “We are not going to have our troops in harm&#8217;s way without getting paychecks, we&#8217;re not going to have the Coast Guard, TSA, other essential functions of the government shut down, as the Democrats in Congress engineered already three times in this Congress.”&nbsp;</p> …