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Elise Stefanik: “Why do Democrats continue to vote no, not on a bill that…”

Featuring: Elise Stefanik, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 21

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Speaker Johnson, House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 23 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 20:41

This is unnecessary. And people are starting more and more to ask the question, why is this going on? Why do Democrats continue to vote no, not on a bill that solves all of our differences. A bill that just keeps the government running, puts the food on the table of those air traffic controllers while we negotiate our differences. That's all we're talking about. (20:41–20:47)

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