Take shutdowns off the table. If we're not willing to do that, at least the Shutdown Fairness act so that air traffic controllers that everybody gets paid. That's by the way I got an absolute guarantee by the President United States and the assurance of both the speaker and the Majority Leader that the Shutdown Fairness act would be passed and signed to law. And what the speaker and the Majority Leader assured me is that they would attach that to every must pass piece of legislation coming out of the House. That didn't happen. (05:47–05:59)
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Claims that there was a guarantee from the President and assurances from congressional leaders that the Shutdown Fairness Act would be enacted.
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