We didn't. We didn't. We don't want to separate two components from the other 20 components there, but we didn't have a choice. Why didn't we have a choice? Because Congressman, Representative Thompson, I believe it was, said...he's willing to shut it down again September 30th if he doesn't get his way. If they don't defund CPB and ice. So the President and I, with a phone call with, with Leader Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson, as we sit in the office, said, what do we do here? (13:27–13:36)
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Asserts that Representative Thompson threatened to shut down the government if demands are not met.
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