Mike Johnson: “Furloughed workers do get paid on the back end.”

“They're not being paid. This is an opportunity by Russ Vote to shrink government as he has outlined in Project 2025 and other places. Now, look, this is very important distinction. Furloughed workers do get paid on the back end. They get that pay back to them. It's reimbursed, as you know. That's how it works. That's the statute and the tradition and the practice.” (08:48–08:51)

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