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Mike Rogers: “We're in the middle of contract negotiations for nuclear…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Republican | U.S. House Alabama, District 3

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 13:17

These are the members of the axis of evil that we're having to deal with. And we need our Defense Department operating all cylinders. 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. They're gone home. They've gone home. They can't do their jobs. (13:17–13:26)

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