Shreveport Reporter

Speaker Johnson recently appeared on Fox News' The Story with Martha MacCallum to outline the priorities for President Trump's first 100 days in office. A key focus is working with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to reduce federal government size and scope.

Discussing the initial 100-day agenda, Speaker Johnson stated, "Look, we designed the playbook. Let me use my football metaphor. We worked on a playbook for about a year; we have the menu of options in front of us. Leader Thune and I were talking as recently as within the last hour about the priority of how we do it and what sequence. The sequence is less important than the idea that we actually put those points on the board, and we will, and everybody's excited."

Johnson emphasized unity among Republicans, saying, "I spent an hour yesterday with all the Senate Republicans and their conference when they were getting together to talk about the issues. And we're very, I think, dialed in, all of us, on having a bicameral approach. We’ll have the Senate Republicans and the House Republicans working as one team – what a concept – and unified government with President Trump and the White House will actually be able to accomplish all this for the American people. And everybody's excited to get going."

On DOGE's role in reducing government size, Johnson remarked, "We're very committed to this. This is a core principle for us. Government is too big. It does too many things and it does almost nothing well, and we need to scale it back down." He continued by expressing intentions for significant changes: "We want to take a blow torch to the regulatory state. And I think what Elon and Vivek have in mind can help us in that regard."

Johnson also mentioned plans for collaborative efforts among like-minded individuals: "And so, I invited them both to come to the Hill because we're going to get everybody together that has that same mindset. We'll be inviting all the Senate and House Republicans together to a big sort of brainstorming session because we need to do that early in the process so we can formulate what the actual plans are."