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Steny Hoyer: “Under Joe Biden, with a Republican Congress, we didn't shut…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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Steny Hoyer Points Out Trump's Partisanship As Government Repeatedly Shuts Down Under His Watch

Published | Video Starts at 05:10

But I really say that as we did under Ronald Reagan, I was here all eight years he was president and George Bush, we rarely shut down the government. Under Joe Biden, with a Republican Congress, we didn't shut down the government at all, not once, because we reached agreement and political will. I suggest again, Congressman, is in fact the answer not weakening the Congress of the United States, not saying somebody else will get government going. (05:10–05:23)

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Asserts that during Biden's presidency with a Republican Congress, there were no government shutdowns.

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