Adam Schiff: “They've been canceling these grants to begin with.”

“Now, first of all, they've been doing those cuts irrespective of the shutdown. So, you know, they're using the shutdown now as an additional pretext. But They've been canceling these grants to begin with. I met with the mayor of a small city outside of Los Angeles. It's a city that is, I would say, 90% Latino.” (12:52–12:55)

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