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Mike Johnson: “We have troops and TSA agents and Border Patrol agents who…”

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

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Shutdown Presser Day 3

Published | Video Starts at 20:31

Women, Infants and Children, nutrition programs that are now stalled, Veterans health services that will not be provided, people who are low income, Medicare recipients who receive telehealth and health treatment at home. Many of those programs are not being funded. We have troops and TSA agents and Border Patrol agents who are working without pay. protecting the country. And you have FEMA services, health insurance policies for example, that are being stalled in the middle of a hurricane season because the Democrats want to play political games and try to obscure the real facts at issue. (20:31–20:36)

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