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Ned Lamont: “Our government shut down in 16 or 17. They couldn't get a…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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Eyewitness News Extra: Speaking with Governor Ned Lamont

Published | Video Starts at 15:24

So like, no. Is that a good 2008, 2009, for example, I think you saw capital gains go down 3, 30 plus percent. Same thing happened a little bit in 16 and 17. You know, Our government shut down in 16 or 17. They couldn't get a budget done for, you know, six months. Our municipalities and boards of ed were crisis. So I've got a rainy day fund in case something like that happens. (15:24–15:31)

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Asserts that the government shut down in 2016 or 2017 due to budget issues.

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