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John Fetterman: “Those workers borrow more than half a billion dollars, you…”

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Sen. John Fetterman Explains Decision To Join Republicans To Reopen The Government | The View

Published | Video Starts at 06:43

And because we vote like that, vote like that, or people that haven't been paid for five weeks now and that kinds of chaos, Those workers borrow more than half a billion dollars, you know, from their credit union just to pay their bills now. So for me, we're in the middle of this. Senator, I got to ask you to hold up a second because we have to take a break and we'll be right (06:43–06:50)

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Asserts that workers affected by the shutdown borrowed over half a billion dollars from credit unions.

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