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Mike Lawler: “He voted no. He voted to shut the government down.”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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Published | Video Starts at 06:09

I'm Happy to come back. I'm here today. Obviously, he was questioning why I'm here. I'm here to do my job. But the fact is we already passed a government funding extension. He voted no. He voted to shut the government down. Do you think you accomplished anything right there? What do you think that he should be called out for his hypocrisy? (06:09–06:13)

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Asserts that the other speaker voted against the government funding extension, leading to a shutdown.

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