House Speaker Mike Johnson, on "Good Morning America" on Friday, weighed in on turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Minneapolis school shooting and what's next for Congress on the Jeffrey Epstein files. Johnson defended Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a mass exodus at the CDC spurred by the administration's termination of the agency's director, Susan Monarez. The speaker was also pressed on whether he would allow a floor vote to compel the Justice Department to release the Epstein files, and whether the House would take action on gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School . Congress returns next week from its monthlong August recess. Here are highlights from Johnson's interview. "Well, I think over

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