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Markwayne Mullin: “We could shut down on DHS funding. There's a couple options…”

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

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SEN MULLIN: 'They prioritize criminals over law-abiding U.S. citizens.' | The Bottom Line

Published | Video Starts at 00:21

I think they're always looking for an excuse to defund things like ice, but they feel like they've got one now. Are we just headed straight for a shutdown this week? Well, Brian, We could shut down on DHS funding. There's a couple options here. We could pull, pull out DHS funding, fund the other 11 bills. That'd be 96% of the government's funded. However, they have been looking for this fight because if they really want reforms, they've got to tell us what those reforms are. (00:21–00:32)

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