Knowing the shutdown's impact on Virginia, if you were governor now, would you urge the two Democratic senators to vote to reopen the government until a deal can be worked out with Republicans? You have 60 seconds. Well, importantly, when I was in Congress, When I entered Congress, I entered during the longest government shutdown in history. And two weeks into my time in Congress, I went to the White House. I sat down in the Situation Room with a group of Democrats and Republicans and President Trump, urging him to come to the table, urging him to make a deal. (48:03–48:09)
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Asserts that she began her congressional term during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
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