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John Fetterman: “I'm the only Democrat that refused to vote the shutting down…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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I mean, I know that you've spoken to the pain of the federal workers, which is huge, but do you feel that you're concerned for national security with this shutdown now? Well, of course. Of course it is. And that's why I'm the only Democrat that refused to vote the shutting down the DHS. Now, we would want to make some reforms at ice, but we all know that would have no impact on ICE at this point. And that's part of isolating. (05:00–05:04)

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Asserts he was the only Democrat to vote against shutting down the Department of Homeland Security.

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