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John Thune: “Travel delays, benefit delays, you know, farmers are being…”

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

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We need 5 more Senate Democrats to put an end to this, and we're going to keep voting until they do.

Published | Video Starts at 00:26

In fact, so much so that we've now all voted 11 times to reopen the federal government. But the longer the federal government stays closed, the more the impacts are being felt. Travel delays, benefit delays, you know, farmers are being impacted, millions of people going without paychecks. That's what this government shutdown, Democrat government shutdown is bringing to the American people. So we're hopeful that this will be the week when we break out of this and the Democrats come to their senses and decide to open up the government. (00:26–00:35)

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Asserts that the government shutdown is causing travel and benefit delays, impacting farmers, and leaving millions without paychecks.

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