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Markwayne Mullin: “We could open the government in five minutes.”

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

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SEN. MULLIN: 'Chuck Schumer & Chris Murphy own this shutdown.' | The Bottom Line

Published | Video Starts at 03:50

He's just trying to deflect his own responsibility. He knows that Schumer shut down the government. He knows he shut down the government, too. And he's trying to deflect his responsibility. The truth is We could open the government in five minutes. This is what we're asking him to vote for is a clean cr a CR that Chuck Schumer wrote when he was in office in September last year when he was the leader of the Senate at that time. (03:50–03:53)

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Asserts that the government could be reopened quickly if certain actions were taken.

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