James Lankford: “Contractors don't get paid, utility bills don't get paid…”

“Listen, there is a simple way to be able to resolve this for all of us. We stay until the work gets done. And simply saying we'll pay people but then walk away doesn't solve the problem. Because Contractors don't get paid, utility bills don't get paid, all the grants don't get done. The other tasks are still not there. So just paying employees but they can't do anything doesn't solve the problem.” (09:20–09:28)

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