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Jasmine Crockett: “The government is not open right now.”

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

I'm heading back to DC to vote NO on the shutdown sham deal

Published November 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 13:58

Because we are in a body where it takes a team and it cannot be just one person. So I don't know. I don't have really good answers right now. This fight is not over. The government is not open right now. There are House Democrats that made their way back to D.C. and right now they just went in, they are doing amendments. (13:58–14:02)

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Asserts that the government is currently not open.

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