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Derrick Van Orden: “After that Schumer shutdown, which is the dumbest damn thing…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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I've made some very good friends up here, and we talked about family and everything, and, you know, I even talked to my Democrat colleagues, asked them how they're doing. So it was good to get back to work. I mean, After that Schumer shutdown, which is the dumbest damn thing that's happened since I've been up here, you know, that was just. It was foolish on the Democrats part. So. No, it's good to get back. It's good to get back to work. I'm going to have another bill signed into law here. (16:11–16:20)

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Asserts that the government shutdown, attributed to Schumer, was foolish and the worst event since his tenure began.

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