And in the meantime, if this was just a dispute between politicians in the Senate and whether we had to hang around for the weekend, that would be one thing. But, Joe, there's tremendous collateral damage from this. 42 million American SNAP benefits are at risk and are being lost. People aren't being paid for the work that they're doing. I don't want to land at an airport in the United States with a, with a sleepy air traffic controller because they're working double shifts. (02:34–02:39)
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Asserts that 42 million Americans' SNAP benefits are at risk due to the shutdown.
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