John Thune: “Democrats then chose to shut down the government, which…”

“And we made a strong start last year passing three appropriations bills with robust bipartisan margins before the August work period, the first time that we passed an appropriations bill that early since 2018. Unfortunately, Democrats then chose to shut down the government, which seriously delayed our appropriations work. But we got right back to it after Democrats finally agreed to reopen the government, and we were able to get those three appropriations bills signed into law by the President this fall.” (03:45–03:52)

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