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Markwayne Mullin: “They want $1.5 trillion to open the government for four…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Senators Lee and Mullin Expose the Schumer Shutdown on Ingraham

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And they say that's not what it's about, but it literally strikes it line for line. Then the one big beautiful bill to what their CR is. And at the same time They want $1.5 trillion to open the government for four weeks, which is 600 billion above our defense budget. So, Senator, is that what the American people need to understand here, that they want to relitigate what they lost last spring? They lost the big beautiful bill debate. (01:00–01:07)

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Asserts that the proposed funding to reopen the government is $1.5 trillion, exceeding the defense budget by $600 billion.

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