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Jasmine Crockett: “The last time that they really did this type of standoff…”

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

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Extended interview_ Jasmine Crockett talks through her first 2 weeks in Congress

Published | Video Starts at 08:42

… have their livelihoods directly impacted because they work for the federal government if we are to shut down, which I fully anticipate is going to happen. We also know that The last time that they really did this type of standoff that we incurred a rating decrease. And so for people to better understand, this is like your credit. Right. So when you have a credit card, as it was recently described, you got to pay your bills. (08:42–08:50)

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