And we have to realize that we're putting our homeland and the peace of mind at risk for the American people. Sometimes it's political theater, sometimes it's true differences. But what we do know is that we're playing with fire. We have 280,000 DA employees right now that are on day 30 without pay, and they're still showing up every single day to do their job. That is a dedicated group of people, and we should all be proud of them. We should all be working together and we should all be trying to fund them. (06:27–06:38)
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Asserts that 280,000 Department of Homeland Security employees have been unpaid for 30 days but continue to work.
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