Markwayne Mullin: “They'll miss their paycheck if we're still in a shutdown…”

“They get paid on the 15th and the 1st, they're going to get paid on the actually end up being on the 17th or possibly the 15th. So the payroll has already been been sent out. They'll miss their paycheck if we're still in a shutdown come March 1st. And so I believe we should have this worked out by then because the president will be done with the State of the Union and the Democrats aren't even trying to engage with us in this.” (01:05–01:10)

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