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Jasmine Crockett: “He did a legal impoundment as well as he decided that he was…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing

Published | Video Starts at 05:02

He ended up stopping funds from leaving the federal government that we, Article 1 members of Congress had actually designated to go places. He did that illegally. He did a legal impoundment as well as he decided that he was going to do a rescission package and rescind some of those dollars. to hopefully equal out some of the illegality and say, well, maybe I'll make some of this legal. And the Republicans went with it. (05:02–05:12)

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