Yeah, I've been here for eight years. I've seen more shutdowns than I can count. Not a single one of them has produced the results it was intended to produce. Shutdowns are bad. We punish the wrong people. And who we should be punishing are members of Congress. Let's take our pay away until we get this done. And listen, a lot of the objectives that are trying to reach through shutdowns, whether it's Republican shutdown or Democrat shutdown, should be reached through the legislative process, not by hostage. (15:33–15:41)
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Asserts that government shutdowns negatively impact the wrong people and suggests Congress should be held accountable.
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