Why is this shutdown Any different? Mr. Well, first of all, we haven't made any final decisions about what we're going to do with certain workers. What we're saying is that We might have to take extraordinary steps, especially the longer [the shutdown] goes on. We're going to have to take extraordinary measures to ensure the people's government operates, again, not perfectly, because it's not going to operate perfectly in the midst of a shutdown, but operate as well as it possibly can. (24:18–24:23)
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Asserts that extraordinary measures might be necessary if the government shutdown continues.
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