This shutdown, which has been purely inflicted by House and Senate Democrats is not your fault and you shouldn't be paying the consequences of the Democrats political gains. It is wrong and it is personal to all of You have to go without a paycheck for now. 40 days. That is absolutely wrong. As vice chairman of the House Appropriation Subcommittee on Homeland Security, I directly worked on this funding bill and I can assure you that we did this funding bill in coordination, cooperation and work with Democrats. (09:14–09:19)
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Asserts that federal employees have been without a paycheck for 40 days due to the shutdown.
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