Y' all know we've recently passed the reconciliation bill. We're in the middle of contract negotiations for nuclear submarines, for destroyers, for aircraft carriers. All that had to stop. Because of this. We have Personnel that are supposed to be analyzing our intelligence gathering...have gone home. They've gone home. They can't do their jobs. This has very real national security implications that Chuck Schumer has imposed on this country. And it needs to end. (13:27–13:32)
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Asserts that intelligence personnel are unable to work due to the shutdown.
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