John Hoeven: “Our economy is losing $15 billion in GDP each week as long…”

“The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits as soon as November 1st if the shutdown continues, that means millions of Americans could lose access to the assistance that helps them put food on the table. Meanwhile, Our economy is losing $15 billion in GDP each week as long as this shutdown persists. many federal employees, including critical air traffic controllers, our air traffic controllers, they're working, they're not getting paid. How about our border patrol agents? Could be pretty dangerous jobs.” (04:18–04:24)

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