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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Stop the 800,000 people that didn't get a paycheck last…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

FACE THE NATION Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on 2020 Presidential Campaign and Key Issues

Published January 20, 2019 | Video Starts at 01:25

No, I don't. I don't take him on his word on anything. If he really cares about at this, he would open up the government. Stop. Stop the 800,000 people that didn't get a paycheck last week. Stop their suffering. Some people can't pay for medicines, food, heat, mortgages, rents. It just shows a callousness that is unacceptable. (01:25–01:30)

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Asserts that 800,000 people missed a paycheck due to the government shutdown.

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