Cavalier Johnson: “We basically would have had to shutter the entire [library]…”

“Just imagine what that would have looked like if we had a reduced number of folks in the Department of Public Works. So there were real world consequences, not to mention the library, which We basically would have had to shutter the entire [library] system. So there were a lot of challenges. Poison pills that Republicans included in Act 12 that I didn't want, that nobody wanted.” (04:49–04:52)

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