“The House GOP Israel aid bill will have "pay-fors in it. We're not just going to print money and send it overseas, because the other concern we have that is overriding this is our own strength as a nation, which is tied to our fiscal stability.”
Mike Johnson
Speaker of the House. Fox News interview. Claim dated 30 Oct 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisDistorts the Facts
What FactCheck.org found
The legislation would increase the deficit, not pay for itself, multiple budget experts say.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House) made this claim around 30 October 2023. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 November 2023, 3 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
Mike Johnson has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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