… makes it where the shutdown decision is made, not on the other side of the aisle. I couldn't agree more with the ranking member. And I would just simply say We live in a constitutional Republic, in which the American people elect representatives to this body to make decisions with respect to funding the government. and the notion that now members are left to petition unnamed new special government employees in a new Department of Governmental Efficiency to decide whether or not a Social Security … (10:52–11:05)
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