Mike Johnson: “Service members, military personnel at home and abroad, as…”

“Right now, half our civilian federal employees are on furlough. Real, vital, critical services that American citizens in all categories rely upon are halted. And when we talk specifically about our military right now, Service members, military personnel at home and abroad, as well as Border Patrol agents, TSA air traffic controllers, they're all working without pay. I was on C Span this morning on that program they do in the morning where citizen American citizens call in. They have a Republican line, Democrat line, and Independent line.” (03:32–03:41)

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