James Lankford: “Government shutdowns are incredibly expensive and dangerous…”

“Why do you believe government shutdowns have become such a problem in Washington? And how would your bill change the way Congress operates during funding fights? Yeah, people seem to love drama right now. And so Government shutdowns are incredibly expensive and dangerous to both our economy and national security. economy and our national security. So what we passed yesterday was a resolution saying when we get into a government shutdown in the future that senators, all their pay will be withheld on it.” (00:58–01:10)

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