Mike Johnson: Medicaid Is Not for 29-Year-Old Males Sitting on Their Couches Playing Video Games

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>> You say Democrats are lying when they say you‘re going to cut Medicaid. The plan that you passed does instruct the house energy and commerce committee in committee to find $880 billion in cuts right.
>> That‘s right. That‘s one of the how did they get.
>> $880 billion in cuts from that committee without touching Medicaid.
>> Because nc has one of the it actually has the broadest jurisdiction of any committee in Congress. It covers everything energy and commerce. Do you know, the name indicates how broad the jurisdiction is? I challenge you or anybody on your staff, do a word search for Medicaid on the on the resolution that we passed last night. You will not find it. That is not part of this equation. Okay? We‘re talking about finding efficiencies in every program, but not cutting benefits for people who rightly deserve that. You know, working requirements, work requirements for Medicaid. That is a something that is public opinion polls almost 90%. you don‘t want able bodied workers on a program that is intended, for example, for single mothers with two small children who‘s just trying to make it. That‘s what Medicaid is for, not for 29 year old males sitting on their couches playing video games. We‘re going to find those guys and we‘re going to send them back to work. That‘s what everybody supports. That‘s what the Republicans are for. And by the way, we find dignity in our work. That‘s going to be good for everybody.
>> And I want to follow up on that. But but on that energy and commerce committee, the vast majority of funds that they have are Medicare and Medicaid. So when you talk about $880 billion.