So we've been discussing the chaos in the Republican House. We are joined on the line by Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. So on Friday morning, the House voted on debate rules that advance a series of foreign aid bills to the full House for final passage on Saturday. Broad bipartisan support for these bills, 316 to 94. But there are people, as usual, screaming and crying about it. Speaker Johnson, thanks so much for joining the show. Great to talk to you. Ben, great to be with you. Thanks for all you do. So why don't we start by talking about what's actually in these bills? These bills, as always, are not perfect. It turns out there are these things in there are called Democrats, and they exist in the House, and they also exist in the majority in the Senate, and also one of them is sitting in the White House able to veto things. So what is in these bills that is good? What is in them that's bad? Why are you advancing these bills to the floor? Well, we're at a point of pivotal decision. I mean, this is a dangerous time on the world stage, as you and I know, and Israel is in great jeopardy fighting for their existence. Ukraine is close to being overrun, and they're estimated to be

out of ammo by the end of this month, literally, which would allow Vladimir Putin to roll through

the country, take Kiev and set up on the borders of NATO countries. Of course, Iran and its

aggression of Israel has continued, and Xi is watching this from China, and all of the access of evil is empowered.

So what are we to do? We're in the midst of this dynamic where we have divided government,

and as you noted, the Democrats control the White House and the Senate. So we in the House here,

with the smallest majority for the Republican Party, smallest majority in U.S. history, one to two-vote

margin on any given

day, we have to address these matters. We have to meet the moment. And so the House is fixing

the Senate supplemental bill, the foreign aid bill that was sent to us a few months ago with better

policy and better process. And so what we've done is we've taken, for example, the Ukraine

funding elements that are controversial, of course, on our side. We've added a loan instrument. We have added the

repo Act, which is the use of corrupt Russian oligarchs seized assets to support the effort there.

We've added oversight, accountability, and a strategy shift to force the White House to give us the information

and the endgame and all the rest. We have an amendment process so we can address each of these

measures on their own merit and four separate bills instead of having them sandwiched together

and everybody can vote their own will and their own conscience and their own constituents. That's

the way this place is supposed to work. And we included tough

measures on Russia, China, and Iran, including sanctions and some other innovations. So a very

important change in both the process and the policy. And if we had not done this, and this is very

important, we would have had to eat the Senate supplemental. If we had not taken this step, there would

have been a discharge petition. And that means that a handful of Republicans would have crossed

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