House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) outlined the Republican Party’s agenda in a 19-minute speech that he delivered on Friday immediately after winning the speaker’s race.
Johnson opened his speech by holding a moment of silence for the 14 people who were murdered by an Islamic terrorist this week in New Orleans.
He said that the seven principles that would guide his actions as speaker were individual freedom, limited government, the rule of law, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets, and human dignity.
“The American people want an America First agenda. Sadly, for the past four years of divided government, too many politicians in Washington have done the opposite,” Johnson said. “Open borders and over-regulation have destroyed our cities and stifled innovation. Inflation and weak leadership have left Americans poorer and they placed our country in a perilous…
