{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2918", "Speaker Johnson on Reconciliation 3.0: Safeguarding American Elections is Important to the American People and it\u2019s Important for the Future", "2026-07-15", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "House", "LA", "Mike Johnson", "J000299", "mikejohnson.house.gov", "mikejohnson", "https://mikejohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 This afternoon, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks following House Republicans\u2019 conference meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance regarding the budget resolution for Congressional Republicans third reconciliation bill \u2014 the SAVE and Protect America Act.\n\n\u201cIt's our best shot at enacting our party's top priority legislation, the SAVE America Act. It is important to the American people and it's important to the future. And there is nothing in this bill that every Republican in Congress cannot proudly get behind,\u201d Speaker Johnson said. \u201cRepublicans support election integrity, our troops, and of course our farmers, and this vehicle will demonstrate all of that.\u201d\n\nWatch Speaker Johnson\u2019s full remarks here.\n\nBelow are Speaker Johnson\u2019s remarks as delivered:\n\nWe just had a great meeting with the House Republican Conference. We\u2019re delighted to have been joined by the Vice President, J.D Vance. You'll hear from him in just a moment. What we were here to address today, what you're all here to hear about is we're moving forward with Reconciliation 3.0 this morning. After many months of deliberation and discussion and contemplation, the House Budget Committee is moving forward with the budget resolution that will get us to Reconciliation 3.0.\n\nLet me tell you a few of the details about it. Given the Democrats\u2019 absolute refusal to work with us on the nation's top priorities \u2013 and that includes election integrity and strengthening our nation's defense \u2013 we\u2019re moving forward with a narrow, streamlined package to deliver on some of America's top priorities. It is a sad situation. This is where we are; Republicans have to do this on our own.\n\nThe budget resolution instructs four House committees to write Reconciliation 3.0. Those committees are the House Administration Committee, House Armed Services Committee, House Agriculture, and House Intelligence Committee. Each of them will have an important component part of it. The forthcoming reconciliation legislation sets out to accomplish two very important goals: one, to secure America's elections. We're going to pass the SAVE America Act into law as much of that as possible. The SAVE America Act ensures, as you know, that voters have proof of citizenship to register to vote, and they show a valid ID when they turn up to vote at the ballot box. These commonsense policies are reported by 83% of the American people. It's almost a 9 out of 10 public opinion poll in most of the polls that you look at.\n\nThe second objective is to protect and strengthen our homeland. How will we do that? We will provide supplemental funding for our troops with the Administration's request to support national defense and our farmers. That's very important stuff. The Budget Committee is scheduled to vote this budget resolution out of committee tomorrow, and we will pass it through the House next week. We'll send it to the Senate, and then they will pass it before the August district work period. After the Senate passes the budget resolution, our four instructed House committees can go to work to write the reconciliation bill itself. We're looking forward to this process. We intend for this to be a law-making exercise, which means the House and the Senate both have to pass the bill, and of course, the President signs it into law.\n\nThis budget resolution, which kickstarts Reconciliation 3.0 is a process. It's our best shot at enacting our party's top priority legislation, the SAVE America Act. It is important to the American people and it's important to the future. There is nothing in this bill that every Republican in Congress cannot proudly get behind. Republicans support election integrity, our troops, and of course our farmers, and this vehicle will demonstrate all of that. Once again, we're delighted again to have been joined by our Vice President who had a lot to say to the Republicans. They're very encouraged \u2013 he got multiple standing ovations. 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