And our appropriators, the members of Congress who work on all this funding every day are raring to go in both parties, in both chambers. They want to get back to that work. And that is the whole point. Chuck Schumer and the leadership are holding that process up. So am I. Am I optimistic that we can get back to that? Yes. But we can't do any of it until they take the simple step to vote on that additional time. (28:46–28:50)
CLAIM
Asserts that Chuck Schumer and Democratic leadership are delaying the appropriations process.
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