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Glenn Grothman: “We're borrowing 26% of our budget to not lay off more people…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Rep. Glenn Grothman on Government Shutdown and Republicans' Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 06:41

Maybe they have relatives, people from their church, what have you. And we know there are people doing very little work and should not getting paid. We don't like to lay anybody off, but, man, We're borrowing 26% of our budget to not lay off more people as scandalous. And like I said, I think so far I've been disappointed in the Republicans not anticipating a lot less employees. So I think President Trump may have to step up and try to shake up Congress a little bit. (06:41–06:46)

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Asserts that it is scandalous to borrow 26% of the budget without laying off more employees.

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