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Ron Johnson: “We're not providing paychecks to those 260,000 men and women…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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I can't top what Senator Marino, the comments he made about how unconscionable it is that we're not funding and We're not providing paychecks to those 260,000 men and women that you will be soon leading. We, other than working with no labels, we don't serve on the same committees, have never gone on CODEL together, and that's oftentimes how you get to know our colleagues. (00:20–00:27)

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Asserts that 260,000 individuals are not receiving paychecks.

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