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Markwayne Mullin: “We're down 1100 people down, down. So almost a third of the…”

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

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'RIPPLE EFFECTS': Mullin details impact of record-long government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 01:53

Well, it takes four months. Well, not really. It takes about four months to onboard people. Just cisa, who's over cisa, by the way, takes care of our CyberSecurity. We're down 1100 people down, down. So almost a third of the workforce is no longer with us. 76 days being shut down. Not bound to be operational. People say, well, but they're getting paid. We had State Department paying our electricity bill. (01:53–01:59)

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Asserts that the workforce is reduced by 1,100 people, nearly a third of the total.

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