Because now the Democrats want to say somehow this clean CR shouldn't be voted for and that somehow they're cooperating, they're trying to collaborate, when instead they're holding our government hostage. Rural America, our farmers, ranchers, get left behind. Many of them are out in the field right now... Program services they depend on with USDA, they can't access. That means more uncertainty at a time when they can least afford it. Look, the list goes on and on. It goes on and on and on and on. (05:17–05:33)
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Asserts that farmers and ranchers cannot access USDA services during the shutdown.
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