Speaker Johnson’s big plans for 119th Congress: spending cuts, the Trump agenda, and more

House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out his goals for the next Congress, including plans to advance President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, saying, “the message [from voters] is we have to fix everything.” He particularly highlighted spending cuts, pointing to the opportunity “to reduce, you know, the debt and the deficits that are a great threat to our national security and the future of the country.” Additional interviews with Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow Simon Hankinson and Siri & Glimstad LLP Partner Michael Connett. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .