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Mike Rounds: “We are losing $15 billion a week in GDP right now for the…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Joins Squawk Box to Discuss Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 01:18

They've set a new record. But nobody wins in a shutdown. It's just the bottom line. We need to get this opened again. We are losing $15 billion a week in GDP right now for the American people. We've got literally thousands of people that are not getting a paycheck right now, working hard yet. We've got to get this thing resolved. The sooner the better. Right? (01:18–01:24)

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Asserts that the U.S. is losing $15 billion a week in GDP due to the government shutdown.

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