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Katherine Clark: “Their goal was to inflict trauma, whether it is firings…”

Featuring: Katherine Clark, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 5th Congressional District

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'Enough Is Enough': Katherine Clark Pins Shutdown Blame On GOP For High Costs Across Economy

Published | Video Starts at 06:20

What's your responsibility? I would put that in the category of love and cherishing Medicaid and lowering your costs on day one. It's an outrageous. They have been attacking federal workers. Their goal was to inflict trauma, whether it is firings, proposing that some people will not get the back pay. that they are entitled to get under federal law in this shutdown, making things as difficult as possible. (06:20–06:30)

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Asserts that the goal was to inflict trauma, including withholding back pay.

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