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Ilhan Omar: “The federal employees that would be funded by, by the rest…”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Rep. Ilhan Omar | March 2026 Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 28:34

The Republicans in the House said that they wanted to go back to the drawing board and do the same bill that they have been doing. So that part of the department still goes unfunded and is still shut down. And The federal employees that would be funded by, by the rest of the DHS still continue to work without pay. The last thing that we are looking at in Washington D.C. is the SAFE act, which is a piece of legislation that is in regards to they say, creating a safe election. (28:34–28:44)

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Asserts that some federal employees continue to work without pay due to funding issues.

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