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John Thune: “But that can't happen while the government is shut down.”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published | Video Starts at 33:13

But what I've said is I'm open to having conversations with our Democrat colleagues about how to address that issue. And I think that the. But that can't happen while the government is shut down. I mean we got to open up the government and with respect to our schedule, like I said, I don't know how many times you're going to give them a … (33:13–33:16)

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Asserts that negotiations on issues like COVID subsidies cannot happen during a government shutdown.

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