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Jasmine Crockett: “This president has already had four shutdowns under his…”

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

Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition

Published October 15, 2025 | Video Starts at 15:22

There is one president who seems to top everybody when it comes to anything that is bad, including his felonies. Yeah, that. That's the president that I'm talking about. This president has already had four shutdowns under his belt. So here in Texas, there's more than 130,000 federal employees, air traffic controllers, TSA officers, VA workers. They are either furloughed or working without pay. (15:22–15:29)

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Asserts that the current president has overseen four government shutdowns.

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“Their bill will create the largest cut to SNAP in history, slashing $300 billion through 2034.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 23:26-23:36
“Republicans slashed $1 trillion from health programs.”
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“Roughly 10 million folks are going to lose access to their health insurance.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 24:49-24:54
“The Kaiser Family Foundation has said costs are going to go up by 114% in our district.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 28:30-28:37
“A 60-year-old couple in Texas, earning $82,800 a year, will likely see their annual healthcare premiums increase by $17,465, or roughly…”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 28:39-28:58
“The Department of Education is going to be furloughing roughly 95% of its staff.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 39:49-39:54
“Every year, Congress is supposed to pass 12 separate spending bills.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 13:14-13:19
“If Congress doesn't agree on that budget by the deadline, the government doesn't have the legal authority to spend money.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 13:45-13:53
“That means agencies shut down, workers are furloughed, and services folks count on every single day come to a standstill.”
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“Republicans control the House, the Senate, and unfortunately, the White House.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 14:25-14:31
“Here in Texas, there's more than 130,000 federal employees, air traffic controllers, TSA officers, VA workers.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 15:30-15:40
“We have passed approximately three of the 12 budget bills out of the House.”
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“Nothing has passed the House and the Senate and made it to President Trump's desk.”
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“WIC is funded through the discretionary appropriations process, meaning the government shutdown could affect WIC.”
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“Roughly 807,000 Texans were on WIC this past year, with Dallas being one of the largest service areas.”
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“41,400 people are eligible for WIC [in our district].”
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“WIC was operating off of $150 million emergency reserve fund to keep the program going.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 20:32-20:40
“Another 300 million was going to be put into the WIC fund.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 20:46-20:50
“WIC spending would no longer be controlled through the annual appropriations process, but would instead be based on eligibility and benefit…”
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“Republican led states have a greater number of folks using SNAP.”
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“LA, the Speaker of the House's own state, is ranked number two in terms of SNAP users.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 22:27-22:35
“SNAP would be funded all the way through the end of October, including during a shutdown.”
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“2.3 million SNAP recipients and their families to lose their benefits.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 23:44-23:50
“In Texas, 30, 13,000 adults are at risk of completely losing their SNAP assistance.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 23:50-23:56
“Because of these tax credits, folks save an average of $705 annually from healthcare costs last year.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 25:39-25:47
“If Congress doesn't extend these premium these tax credits, consumers shopping for a plan will see significantly higher premiums.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 25:54-26:05
“When they took the $1 trillion out of the healthcare ecosystem, that messed all of us up.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 27:06-27:12
“Based on independent reports, we know healthcare premiums are going to skyrocket next year if these tax credits don't get extended.”
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“We're expecting that 90,000 people will see their healthcare costs go up.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 28:36-28:40
“For a family of four earning $64,000 a year, the annual healthcare premiums are likely to increase by $2,571, roughly 197%.”
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“VA benefits, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security are funded through separate mechanisms outside of this discretionary appropriations…”
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“If you're receiving VA benefits, you'll still be able to get them, but you may see a little delay because some of the staff may have been…”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 31:01-31:10
“If you are enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare or receive disability assistance, you shouldn't see any disruption and should continue…”
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“The Department of Education has been under siege, as has kind of the vast majority of our agencies.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 38:02-38:10
“This administration, this president, has made it clear that he actually wants to shut down the Department of Education.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 38:56-39:02
“The department also gutted the office that oversaw special education and civil rights.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 39:56-40:03
“The department will not be processing any grant applications for schools and after school programs.”
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“Mike Johnson is on tv and I know that.”
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“Basically, the last information that I got is that once the Senate passed, will we pass out of the House.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 42:57-43:05
“We could be working on the appropriations bills, because, again, this is just a stopgap until we finish our homework, which they have done…”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 43:15-43:26
“It's clear that he has no interest in serving his constituents.”
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“They did a little funny business on the lines here recently.”
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“The vast majority of those immigrants that have come to our country have come and they have contributed and they have not caused harm.”
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“They have not sworn in Adelita Grijalva.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 47:35-47:40
“Normally when somebody passes away, which her father passed away in office, then the staff stays there working.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 48:17-48:25
“There's literally no staff. And because we're in a shutdown, she can't even hire anybody.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 48:38-48:44
“They have refused to turn anything else over under the subpoena that was issued by oversight.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 49:15-49:24
“Hopefully we will get Rep. Elect Grijalva sworn in, get that 218th signature and get a subpoena that or get a vote on getting a subpoena…”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 50:16-50:33
“I don't know that they really highlighted that there is an individual that purchased Dominion Voting machines.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 53:43-53:50
“It has been made clear that the Republicans have decided they are going to cheat by any means necessary.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 54:19-54:26
“That is why we are enduring the crazy maps that they introduced in Texas.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 54:25-54:31
“North Carolina, as soon as they got Republicans on that Supreme Court, decided to change the map.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 55:13-55:19
“The difference in the Democrats having the House right now was three seats. North Carolina took them.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 55:33-55:40
“The Supreme Court is rehearing this case as it relates to what we call section 2 voting rights.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 55:57-56:05
“This seat was created because of the number of African Americans in the state of Texas and specifically in North Texas.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 56:09-56:17
“We added a seat in Louisiana under section 2, which basically is an assurance of our constitutional rights.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 56:45-56:54
“30% of the state of Louisiana was African American, yet African Americans were not allowed to elect anywhere near 30% of their…”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 57:01-57:16
“If they decimate section two seats, this, I, I can tell you, 31st one they won't.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 57:22-57:33
“They said this was his annual physical. Annual implies once a year. He's already had a physical this year.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 1:00:14-1:00:24
“There is speculation that he's had some sort of cardiac incident and that is why he had to go to Walter Reed.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 1:02:03-1:02:11
“There are concerns about his aspirin regiment regimen because what they're claiming they're doing it for is not actually how they use…”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 1:02:18-1:02:30
“They still haven't told us where he disappeared to during. Was that labor Day, I think around Labor Day, something like that.”
Crockett's Quarterly Update: Shutdown Edition | Uploaded October 15, 2025 | 1:02:34-1:02:43
“This shutdown is hurting real people.”
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“There's nothing political about missing a paycheck, losing childcare, or not knowing if you'll be able to put food on the table.”
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