… are the folks that handle cybersecurity for our nation, why are we not paying them while we're having this political fight? This may be good political drama, but for the A quarter million federal employees are getting up and going to work without a paycheck this week. it's not drama to them. It's a problem that we need to solve. So let's finish up these negotiations and let's actually pass a bill that long term says we'll never have another one of these. (07:32–07:43)
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