What did Mike Johnson claim about government spending on 25 May 2025?
Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House (R-LA) ·
We are not cutting SNAP. We're working in the elements of fraud, waste and abuse.
Three days earlier, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the House bill would cut SNAP spending by $285.7 billion over ten years.
In a May 22, 2025, letter on the House Agriculture Committee's reconciliation provisions, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that enacting all of Subtitle A 'would reduce spending on SNAP by $285.7 billion over the 2025–2034 period,' with annual SNAP spending falling to $76.6 billion in 2034 instead of the $115.8 billion projected under current law (Congressional Budget Office letter to Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Angie Craig).
Claim vs. the record · Government spending
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- Interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."
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