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Catherine Cortez Masto: “We saw the impact to our federal workers who were…”

Featuring: Catherine Cortez Masto, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Nevada

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Full interview with Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto about her vote on the government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 04:38

And, you know, how were you able to kind of go through this whole time without being swayed? Well, because I know that, again, shutdowns are harmful for Nevadans. We've seen it. We saw the long lines at snap. We saw the impact to our federal workers who were furloughed. We saw our TSA agents, air traffic controllers, working under stress without getting paid. And we saw the impact to our economy, our service economy in Nevada, the leisure travel economy. (04:38–04:43)

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