He had the longest shutdown before, and as you opened up, you talked about the fact that we are sitting in now the longest. So he topped his old record. But when you look back at history, It was the air traffic controllers. They were able to finally bring this thing to a halt last time. Now, what they did is they modified the law. Instead of allowing these federal workers to do what is best, not only for them, but best for the rest of federal workers, best for the rest of the country. (04:25–04:31)
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Asserts that air traffic controllers were instrumental in ending a previous government shutdown.
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