… I quote, there's a lot of important work to be done in Congress, none of which will be any easier if Mainers are suffering the harms of a government shutdown. The Teamsters union and the American Federation of Government Employees...have called for Congress to spare the American people further pain and to pass the clean continuing resolution. And they're far from the only ones. Mr. President, it should not be this hard for a handful of Democrats to support a clean bill that simply reopens the government. (03:44–04:00)
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Asserts that these unions have urged Congress to pass the clean continuing resolution.
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