Mike Johnson: “Russ Vote does want to reduce the size and scope of…”

“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. Russ Vote does want to reduce the size and scope of government. as does every common sense American, because the federal government is too big. It does too many things and it does almost nothing. Well, as Reagan said, government is not the solution to our problem.” (08:57–09:00)

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