I mean, when you don't have school lunch programs, for example, getting their money, when you don't have SNAP recipients getting their money. People going hungry as a result of this government shutdown, When air traffic controllers start not showing up for work, when our police officers or FBI or border protection as a country becomes less safe. That's real. To Senator Thune's point, these are real people. This isn't just some sort of game. This isn't just sort of theory. This isn't a political science experiment. (05:19–05:28)
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Asserts that the government shutdown affects air traffic controllers, police officers, FBI, and border protection.
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