He got criticized for the last short term spending bill, the continuing resolution, and he was worried that if he agreed to this one that he'd be thrown overboard. He may still be anyway. But the fact that Democrats would hurt so many people, so many innocent people, federal workers, people who depend on food stamps, who would hurt, you know, air traffic controllers and slow down or increase the danger of air travel. to me is just inexcusable. And the lesson of shutdowns, I think that I've learned and others should have learned is that they don't solve any problems. (13:23–13:42)
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Asserts that the government shutdown negatively impacts federal workers, food stamp recipients, and air traffic controllers.
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