Johnson spoke with reporters at around 6:15 p.m. ET after the House passed the provisional bill and kicked it over to the Senate to review. However, he couldn't dodge questions about Musk, who made headlines this week as he appeared to take charge in opposing and approving various drafts and bills.
"Elon Musk and I talked about an hour ago," Johnson said. "We talked about the extraordinary challenges of this job. I said, 'Hey, you wanna be Speaker of the House? I don't know.' He said this may be the hardest job in the world. I think it is."
"But, we're going to get through this, we're going to unify this country, and we're going to bring the America First agenda to the people beginning in January. We cannot wait to get started," he added.
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