The following is the transcript of an interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sept. 14, 2025.

Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has said that Congress will not adopt new sanctions against Russia without agreement from President Donald Trump. However, he has acknowledged that the need for sanctions has been long overdue.

Senior Republican figures gathered at the Kennedy Center in Washington to pay tribute to conservative activist Charlie Kirk who was fatally shot at a college in Utah.

The House speaker backed off an initial claim about the president's role in a probe into the Jeffrey Epstein case.

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended Donald Trump on Friday when he was asked about Trump’s involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

When the House speaker claimed that the president was an FBI “informant” in the Epstein case, it raised some awkward questions. Then he walked it back.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Democrats may force a government shutdown as the deadline looms on October 1.

"Speaker Johnson is giving the high ground to the Democrats by discouraging Thomas Massie's petition," a Louisiana Republican told Newsweek.

During an interview on "Face the Nation" yesterday with Major Garrett, Speaker Mike Johnson remarked on Charlie Kirk's character, stating that he was someone "motivated by love for his fellow man."

If Speaker Johnson believes Chicagoans should bend the knee to a president promising aggression, then he’s telling us that he doesn’t believe they're fully American.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday pushed back on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) characterization of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk as someone who did not embrace civic debate to the