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Bruce Westerman: “Congress is not here working on those issues because of the…”

Featuring: Bruce Westerman, Republican | U.S. House Arkansas, 4th Congressional District

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 22 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 12:24

It's something that Republicans, Democrats and Independents, I think, all appreciate the fact that we're taking care of our public lands. But Congress is not here working on those issues because of the shutdown. And we need to get back to work. We need to start putting the American people first and putting these federal lands and giving them the place and the position that they deserve. (12:24–12:29)

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Asserts that the government shutdown is preventing Congress from working on issues like the Great American Outdoors Act.

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