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John Thune: “The original bill [on DHS funding] included provisions…”

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

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Thune Joins The Guy Benson Show

Published | Video Starts at 06:07

And it's unfortunate because you're using all these employees at some of these key agencies as collateral for what is yet another harmful government shutdown and one that they own. I mean, this is not like … The original bill [on DHS funding] included provisions negotiated by Democrats. … and now they won't even allow additional time to negotiate a new version of it that would have even some enhanced reforms in it. So it's, we're not talking about a good faith effort here. (06:07–06:19)

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Asserts that the original DHS funding bill included Democrat-negotiated provisions.

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