The pain has been delayed in some respects. One good example is with the WIC funding Women, Infants and Children, these nutrition programs they rely upon. The president found a way to bootstrap from a 1930s era statute. His legal team dug in and found a way to use tariff revenue to cover some of those [WIC] funds. But again, these are not inexhaustible pots of money. We can't do this forever. And real peril is right around the corner. I mentioned in the press conference this morning nuclear deterrence. (09:08–09:19)
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Asserts that President Trump used a 1930s statute and tariff revenue to fund WIC programs during the shutdown.
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