Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans have taken the decision to own this shutdown…”

“… billions of dollars to drop bombs in Iran, Mr. Speaker, we're here dealing with a partisan spending bill that the Senate has already indicated is dead on arrival. And so Republicans have taken the decision to own this shutdown decisively. There is no doubt, as ranking member Jim McGovern stated earlier, There is no doubt as to why we are still facing a shutdown that is inflicting pain and chaos and uncertainty on the American people.” (11:25–11:32)

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