James Lankford: “The president has come out and said in his very first…”

“It's exactly the wrong time to be able to do it, to not pay federal workers when we're having negotiations. The president has come out and said in his very first interview after he was sworn into office, he came in and said, hey, I want to give DACA recipient citizenship. He's talked about farmworkers. He's talked about people in hospitality. He's talked about all these different things on it. But it's just a matter of getting a bill together and getting common agreement.” (03:23–03:33)

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