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Mike Johnson: “US Capitol Police officers are going to come to work to…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson and House Leadership Hold Press Conference on Day 8 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

Here's a headline from the Hill. GOP leaders point to Capitol Police missed paychecks as shutdown drags on. So today the US Capitol Police officers are going to come to work to bravely protect U.S. government officials and staff in these dangerous times. They're going to do that without pay. Many Democrats in this chamber, by the way, I want to note, are going to receive paychecks this month while the men and women of the U.S. capitol Police who are protecting them will not. (01:19–01:28)

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Asserts that US Capitol Police officers are working without pay during the government shutdown.

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