Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said that despite multiple efforts to vacate him from his post, he wants to remain leader of the Republican Party in Congress next session.

In an interview with The Hill on NewsNation, Wednesday, Johnson said that his record during his short tenure as speaker has earned him another two years should Republicans maintain their slim majority.

“I’m doing my duty, as I’ve been called by my colleagues to do. I’ll continue to do it as long as we’re effective — and I think we have been — and I have big plans for the Congress and for the country,” he told NewsNation.

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