Mr. President, I said that we will be voting on the final package in the very near future and I'm hoping that will be hours and not days. We're on the 41st day of this shutdown. Nutrition benefits are in jeopardy. Air travel is an extremely precarious situation. Our staffs and many, many other government workers have been working for nearly six weeks without pay. (00:58–01:00)
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