Markwayne Mullin: “Representative Thompson out there, that's part of leadership…”

“And if the Democrats aren't going to allow us to fund it through regular order, then we're going through reconciliation. Yeah. And even if we funded them again, which we try to do, you have Representative Thompson out there, that's part of leadership out there saying that he's willing to shut us again, shut us down again September 30th. What would that do to the Department of Homeland Security if you were to shut down again on September 30th?” (10:54–11:03)

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